Glossary

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icon - a picture of a saint

iron worker - person who joins together the iron or steel framework of a building

immigrant - a person who leaves one country and comes to another country

impermeable landscape - ground covered with concrete or asphalt; it does not allow rain to pass through

International Style - An influential modernist style in architecture that developed in Europe in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s, first introduced to North America in the 1930's, characterized chiefly by regular, unadorned geometric forms, open interiors, and the use of glass, steel, and reinforced concrete.