Le Corbusier International Style Essay

The 20th century Busáras building was designed by the architect Michael Scott and his team of younger architects and designers between the years of 1945 and 1953. It is interesting in that the public had been opposed to the construction of this building due to the plans for its external appearance. While the external international modern appearance of this building was immensely disliked by many members of the public, contemporaneously, it was admired by architectural purists. This building is often identified by many as the first modern building in Dublin by which there was an attempt to integrate both art and architecture.

International Style refers to the name of a major and well known architectural style that is said to have emerged during the mid twentieth century. It became the definitive statement of the principles underlying the work of architectural giants

As mentioned above, influenced by Le Corbusier and the early International Modern Style, its architectural significance was immediately recognized internationally. Le Corbusier’s main ideas, which he outlined in Vers Une Architecture, were about standards and perfection. It is very obvious that Scott was greatly influenced by Le Corbusier’s constructions. This can be evidently seen when Scott’s Busaras is compared to Le Corbusier’s Maison Suisse and also Cite De Refuge. Immediately similarities can evidently be drawn between each architect’s works. The core of Le Corbusier 's design of Cite de Refuge was the dormitory slab with a sheer glass curtain wall. However, it cannot be said that the core of Le Corbusier’s design for La Maison Suisse was simply a dormitory slab, yet it shares the same similar quality to Busaras as Cite de Refuge does. An obvious comparison to the Busaras building can easily be made by observing the similar block adorned by a strict, continuous linear myriad of glass