Friday 4 April 2008

POSTMODERNISM

Portland Public Services Building, Oregon, 1980, by Michael Graves


Re: my conversation with Sook Tin, Hayden, Fred and that rather nice girl from Studio 2 this morning.

Do be careful how you define Postmodernism. It's not as simplistic as "All buildings built after 1945, or 67, or whatever". It's a loose movement with common design intentions that rebelled against the modern movement. Wikipedia's article on Postmodernist Architecture is a good place to set things in perspective.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodern_architecture

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