Postmodern Architecture

Postmodern Architecture
Author: Owen Hopkins
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-02-19
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780714878126

A curated collection of Postmodern architecture in all its glorious array of vivid non-conformity This unprecedented book takes its subtitle from Postmodernist icon Robert Venturi's spirited response to Mies van der Rohe's dictum that 'less is more'. One of the 20th century's most controversial styles, Postmodernism began in the 1970s, reached a fever pitch of eclectic non-conformity in the 1980s and 90s, and after nearly 40 years is now enjoying a newfound popularity. Postmodern Architecture showcases examples of the movement in a rainbow of hues and forms from around the globe.

The History of Postmodern Architecture

The History of Postmodern Architecture
Author: Heinrich Klotz
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
Total Pages: 492
Release: 1988
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

provides a fascinating, clear, and provocative definition of the phenomena of postmodernism, particularly in relation to the major ideas of modernism

Resisting Postmodern Architecture

Resisting Postmodern Architecture
Author: Stylianos Giamarelos
Publisher: UCL Press
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2022-01-10
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1800081332

Since its first appearance in 1981, critical regionalism has enjoyed a celebrated worldwide reception. The 1990s increased its pertinence as an architectural theory that defends the cultural identity of a place resisting the homogenising onslaught of globalisation. Today, its main principles (such as acknowledging the climate, history, materials, culture and topography of a specific place) are integrated in architects’ education across the globe. But at the same time, the richer cross-cultural history of critical regionalism has been reduced to schematic juxtapositions of ‘the global’ with ‘the local’. Retrieving both the globalising branches and the overlooked cross-cultural roots of critical regionalism, Resisting Postmodern Architecture resituates critical regionalism within the wider framework of debates around postmodern architecture, the diverse contexts from which it emerged, and the cultural media complex that conditioned its reception. In so doing, it explores the intersection of three areas of growing historical and theoretical interest: postmodernism, critical regionalism and globalisation. Based on more than 50 interviews and previously unpublished archival material from six countries, the book transgresses existing barriers to integrate sources in other languages into anglophone architectural scholarship. In so doing, it shows how the ‘periphery’ was not just a passive recipient, but also an active generator of architectural theory and practice. Stylianos Giamarelos challenges long-held ‘central’ notions of supposedly ‘international’ discourses of the recent past, and outlines critical regionalism as an unfinished project apposite for the 21st century on the fronts of architectural theory, history and historiography.

The Story of Post-Modernism

The Story of Post-Modernism
Author: Charles Jencks
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2012-05-25
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1119960096

In The Story of Post-Modernism, Charles Jencks, the authority on Post-Modern architecture and culture, provides the defining account of Post-Modern architecture from its earliest roots in the early 60s to the present day. By breaking the narrative into seven distinct chapters, which are both chronological and overlapping, Jencks charts the ebb and flow of the movement, the peaks and troughs of different ideas and themes. The book is highly visual. As well as providing a chronological account of the movement, each chapter also has a special feature on the major works of a given period. The first up-to-date narrative of Post-Modern Architecture - other major books on the subject were written 20 years ago. An accessible narrative that will appeal to students who are new to the subject, as well as those who can remember its heyday in the 70s and 80s.

Post-modernism

Post-modernism
Author: Charles Jencks
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Total Pages: 368
Release: 1987
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Describes the return to a new classical style within art and architecture. Includes 350 illustrations of paintings, sculpture, and architecture.

Supermannerism

Supermannerism
Author: C. Ray Smith
Publisher: New York : Dutton
Total Pages: 414
Release: 1977
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Behind the Postmodern Facade

Behind the Postmodern Facade
Author: Magali Sarfatti Larson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 342
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre: Design
ISBN: 9780520201613

Magali Larson's comprehensive study explores how architecture "happens" and what has become of the profession in the postmodern era. Drawing from extensive interviews with pivotal architects--from Philip Johnson, who was among the first to introduce European modernism to America, to Peter Eisenman, identified with a new "deconstructionist" style--she analyzes the complex tensions that exist between economic interest, professional status, and architectural product. She investigates the symbolic awards and recognition accorded by prestigious journals and panels, exposing the inner workings of a profession in a precarious social position. Larson captures the struggles around status, place, and power as architects seek to redefine their very purpose in contemporary America. The author's novel approach in synthesizing sociological research and theory proposes nothing less than a new cultural history of architecture. This is a ground-breaking contribution to the study of culture and the sociology of knowledge, as well as to architectural and urban history. Magali Larson's comprehensive study explores how architecture "happens" and what has become of the profession in the postmodern era. Drawing from extensive interviews with pivotal architects--from Philip Johnson, who was among the first to introduce European modernism to America, to Peter Eisenman, identified with a new "deconstructionist" style--she analyzes the complex tensions that exist between economic interest, professional status, and architectural product. She investigates the symbolic awards and recognition accorded by prestigious journals and panels, exposing the inner workings of a profession in a precarious social position. Larson captures the struggles around status, place, and power as architects seek to redefine their very purpose in contemporary America. The author's novel approach in synthesizing sociological research and theory proposes nothing less than a new cultural history of architecture. This is a ground-breaking contribution to the study of culture and the sociology of knowledge, as well as to architectural and urban history.

A Guide to Postmodern Architecture in London

A Guide to Postmodern Architecture in London
Author: Pablo Bronstein
Publisher: Walther Konig Verlag
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Angleška arhitektura
ISBN: 9783865601735

Line drawings of postmodern buildings built in London 1970s to 1990s. A short descriptive text accompanies each illustration. Includes photographs of postmodern details.