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Identifying feature

Corner window

A window that wraps around a building's corner with no post at the corner. It requires floors cantilevered, or extended, past their columns and is common on modernist and Art Moderne buildings.

a sign of these styles

Narkomfin Building, Moscow, Russia: an example of Constructivism Constructivism c. 1920–1932 Soviet buildings of stacked cubes and cylinders, with glazed stair towers, corner windows, cantilevered blocks and no ornament. Stahl House, Los Angeles: an example of Mid-Century Modern Mid-Century Modern c. 1945–1970 Post-and-beam houses with walls of glass, flat or butterfly roofs, and easy flow between indoors and out. Coca-Cola Building, Los Angeles: an example of Streamline Moderne Streamline Moderne c. 1930–1945 Aerodynamic buildings: smooth white curves, corner and porthole windows, and horizontal speed lines.

also seen on

BauhausDeconstructivismGoogieInternational StyleRanch

often seen with

Flat roof A roof that is level or nearly level, often edged by a low wall called a parapet. Exposed structure A building's frame, beams, trusses (triangles of linked beams), pipes or ducts left visible instead of… Piloti Columns, called pilotis, that raise a building one floor above the ground and leave the ground level open. Horizontal emphasis A design that stresses long horizontal lines through low roofs, deep eaves (roof overhangs), bands of… Cantilever A beam, floor or part of a building that projects beyond its support and is anchored at only one end. Curtain wall An outer wall of glass and metal panels hung on a building's steel or concrete frame, carrying only its own… Ribbon window A continuous horizontal row of windows across a facade, separated only by thin mullions (upright bars). Deep eave overhang Roof edges, called eaves, that extend well beyond the walls.