Style inspired by severe Modern architecture (such as the purest of Mies van der Rohe’s workor the bare images of Barragán’s designs), traditional Japanese architecture, and Zen-Buddhistgardens. Minimalism seeks to avoid clutter, ornament, and even color, while possessions were stored away. It has sometimes been adopted to suggest exclusiveness and luxury. Afeature of the Modern Movement since the 1920s, it re-emerged in the 1960s and 1980s. (Curl & Wilson, 2016)
