The term is applied to any of a number of architectural styles that were popular in the 1940s and 1970s onwards, sometimes attached to a term of modern architecture; often characterized by wide overhanging roof, exposed roof beams and gable facing the front wall above the window; sometimes also a balcony with sunscreen hanging, roof deck and terrace which can serve as an extension of the residential space, and the other type has a flat roof seemed the embodiment of international style.
