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    Postmodern architecture - Wikipedia

    • Postmodern architecture is a style or movement which emerged in the 1960s as a reaction against the austerity, formality, and lack of variety of modern architecture, particularly in the international style advocated by Philip Johnson and Henry-Russell Hitchcock. The movement was formally introduced by the architect and urban planner Denise Scott Brown … See more

    Origins

    Postmodern architecture emerged in the late 1960s as a reaction against the perceived shortcomings of modern architecture, particularly its rigid doctrines, its uniformity, its lack of ornament, and its habit of ign… See more

    Notable postmodern buildings and architects

    • The Guild House in Philadelphia by Robert Venturi (1960–1963)
    • Vanna Venturi House by Robert Venturi (1964)
    • Fire Station Number 4 in Columbus, Indiana (1968) … See more

    Postmodernism in Europe

    • The Neue Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart, Germany, by James Stirling (1977–1983)
    • Hanse-Viertel, a store gallery in Hamburg, Northern Germany, by Gerkan, Marg and Partners (1980) … See more

    Postmodernism in Japan

    • The Museum of Wood Culture by Tadao Ando (1995)
    • Bennesse House in Naoshima, Kagawa, Japan by Tadao Ando
    • Art Tower in Mito, Ibaraki by Isozaki Arata (1986–1990) … See more

    Concert halls – Sydney Opera House and the Berlin Philharmonic

    • The Sydney Opera House by Jørn Utzon (1957–1973)
    • Façade of the Berliner Philharmonie by Hans Scharoun (1963)
    • "Vineyard Style"; The orchestra surrounded by the audience in the Berlin Philharmonic … See more

    Characteristics

    • 'Camp' – Piazza d'Italia, New Orleans, US, by Charles Moore (1978–1979)
    • Contradiction (in this case, the mix between monumental columns, bossages and other Classical elements, and curving forms with High-Tech … See more

    Theories of postmodern architecture

    The characteristics of postmodernism allow its aim to be expressed in diverse ways. These characteristics include the use of sculptural forms, ornaments, anthropomorphism and materials which perform … See more

     
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