Finding Purpose in the Quotidian Relics of "Postmodernization"
A new book from the Canadian Centre for Architecture gathers the "obsolete artifacts" often overlooked by Postmodernism's historians.
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This House in Rural Germany Merges Alpine Vernacular with Venturian Postmodernism
Munich-based gerstmeir inić designed a family home that borrows ideas from the Vanna Venturi House in Philadelphia.
Let There Be Shade: A PoMo Church Looks to Gothic Architecture and Algorithms to Solve its Solar Problem
A renovation of the Phillip Johnson and John Burgee–designed Crystal Cathedral adds algorithmically-modeled shades to protect the congregation from the sun.
Mendini's World: Groninger Museum Opens a Massive Exhibition on the Late Architect-Designer
Organized by Alessandro Mendini himself, the showcase includes work by his contemporaries and is staged in a building he helped design.
Charles Jencks Tried to Make Sense of Architecture in a Messy Time
Kate Wagner, the founder of McMansion Hell, remembers the humorous side of the great historian and theorist Charles Jencks.
It’s Robert Venturi’s World—We’re Just Living in It
Remembering the influential life and career of architect Robert Venturi, who died at the age of 93 Tuesday in Philadelphia.
The AT&T Building Is Officially New York City’s Youngest Landmark
Completed in 1984, the 37-story tower is considered a benchmark of Postmodernism as the first commercial skyscraper of that style.
MAK Exhibition Challenges the Narrative of 20th Century Modernism with Otto Wagner
The show, curated by Sebastian Hackenschmidt, head of the MAK’s furniture and woodwork collection, makes the Jugendstil master the focal point of an alternative modernity.
15 Postmodern Buildings That Helped Define Los Angeles
Metropolis celebrates the diverse, innovative Postmodern architecture coming out of La La Land between 1975 and the early 1990s.
Surveying L.A. Pomo: AC Martin Partners
In this series of articles, Metropolis celebrates the diverse, innovative Postmodern architecture coming out of La La Land between 1975 and the early 1990s.
Surveying L.A. Pomo: Cesar Pelli
In this series of articles, Metropolis celebrates the diverse, innovative Postmodern architecture coming out of La La Land between 1975 and the early 1990s.
Surveying L.A. Pomo: Matlin & Dvoretzky
In this series of articles, Metropolis celebrates the diverse, innovative Postmodern architecture coming out of La La Land between 1975 and the early 1990s.
Surveying L.A. Pomo: Grinstein/Daniels Architects
In this series of articles, Metropolis celebrates the diverse, innovative Postmodern architecture coming out of La La Land between 1975 and the early 1990s.
Surveying L.A. Pomo: Venturi Scott Brown & Associates
In this series of articles, Metropolis celebrates the diverse, innovative Postmodern architecture coming out of La La Land between 1975 and the early 1990s.
Surveying L.A. Pomo: Franklin D. Israel
In this series of articles, Metropolis celebrates the diverse, innovative Postmodern architecture coming out of La La Land between 1975 and the early 1990s.
Surveying L.A. Pomo: John Portman & Associates
In this series of articles, Metropolis celebrates the diverse, innovative Postmodern architecture coming out of La La Land between 1975 and the early 1990s.
Surveying L.A. Pomo: Moore Ruble Yudell
In this series of articles, Metropolis celebrates the diverse, innovative Postmodern architecture coming out of La La Land between 1975 and the early 1990s.
Surveying L.A. Pomo: Morphosis (Thom Mayne)
In this series of articles, Metropolis celebrates the diverse, innovative Postmodern architecture coming out of La La Land between 1975 and the early 1990s.
Surveying L.A. Pomo: The Architectural Collective
In this series of articles, Metropolis celebrates the diverse, innovative Postmodern architecture coming out of La La Land between 1975 and the early 1990s.
Surveying L.A. Pomo: Koning Eizenberg
In this series of articles, Metropolis celebrates the diverse, innovative Postmodern architecture coming out of La La Land between 1975 and the early 1990s.
