Architect Frank Gehry dies
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Postmodernism is back. We see it in the slew of books and articles about the movement, in the campaigns to save some of its greatest landmarks such as Philip Johnson's AT&T building in New York, in the listings in the UK of notable buildings such as James ...
Why do fashions in architecture change so often? Buildings, after all, last longer than jeans. But they seem to go in and out of vogue almost as quickly. The question comes to mind because of a couple of recent omens that suggest we may be in for a revival ...
Remember postmodern architecture? Those patchwork buildings with bits of classical decoration and bright colors that were all the rage in the 1970s and 1980s? Think of the AT&T Building with its Chippendale top, or Michael Graves’ Alessi teakettle.
Architecture is in a constant state of near-neurotic obsession over its past. So this month, when the American Institute of Architects decided not to name a winner for its annual Twenty-Five Year Award, which recognizes buildings that have “stood the ...
What Comes After Postmodern Architecture? A Conversation with Rafael Viñoly Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street New York Tuesday, April 5 at 6:30pm The recent building boom in New York City has radically altered the look and ...
You wouldn't know it by the latest batch of streamlined glass towers on Asian skylines, but I'm guessing postmodern architecture is poised for a revival, or at least a second look. A major London museum show has premiered, accompanied by extensive coverage ...
Robert Venturi, the Philadelphia-based architect whose buildings and writings championed “messy vitality” above the rational order of Modernism, died last week at age 93. For generations of architects, “Learning From Las Vegas” by Venturi, his wife ...
History has often been taught in a linear way. This way of teaching has often left out grand historical narratives, and focused primarily on the occidental world. Which building is better, the duck or the ornamented shed? More importantly, what kind of ...
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