Postmodern Architecture

ポストモダン建築 / 1960s–1990s / Style / Modern Architecture

Rebels against modernism's universality, reintroducing historical quotation, ornament, sign, color and irony to city and building.

Historical quotation / Ornament returned / Strong color / Double meanings

Postmodern Architecture — グレイヴス ポートランド・ビル 1982（CC BY-SA 3.0）Postmodern Architecture — ジョンソン 旧AT&Tビル（CC BY 2.5）Postmodern Architecture — ムーア ピアッツァ・ディタリア（CC BY-SA 4.0）
グレイヴス ポートランド・ビル 1982（CC BY-SA 3.0） ／ ジョンソン 旧AT&Tビル（CC BY 2.5） ／ ムーア ピアッツァ・ディタリア（CC BY-SA 4.0）

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type
Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition
Extract the one structure that governs space and gaze
Material
Verify materials specific to region, period and process
Caution
Not pasted classical motifs. Read what of modernism is being criticized, and for whom.
Further study
Robert Venturi / Denise Scott Brown / Michael Graves

Related entries

Source: MoMA — From Modern to Postmodern

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