While the Depression and World War II years were marked by limited local building, some construction continued in Indian Hill Estates, a development begun in 1927. Set among residences built in popular traditional revival styles, George Fred Keck designed a geometric house of concrete, glass and steel in the new International Style. Originating in Europe in the 1920s, the International Style appeared at the Chicago Central of Progress Exhibition in 1933. Although similar to Art Modern in its streamlined appearance, this style is very abstract in character and entirely devoid of ornament. It is well-represented in the residence built by Keck for Herbert Bruning at 2716 Blackhawk Road (1937).