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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Frank Gehry, the architect whose work was so identifiable that he guest starred on The Simpsons, is dead at 96. Meaghan Lloyd ...
A home in a wooded Seattle neighborhood was redesigned with Sea Ranch principles in mind, emphasizing natural materials and ...
Snøhetta’s redesign will bring a two-story glass curtain wall to the base of the postmodern stone building. DBOX Snøhetta’s proposal to update the postmodern office building at 550 Madison Avenue ...
November is turning out to be Postmodernism Month in this column. Last week I tried to raise some alarm bells about a misguided new plan from architecture firm Snøhetta to remake Philip Johnson and ...
Our campus is built around a cathedral. Walk down blocks of healthy palms, stroll along the grassy oval and climb the sandstone steps. Stroll past despairing statues, proud pillars and sloped clay ...
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 Secret Intelligence Service building in Vauxhall, designed by Sir Terry Farrell - Tim Ireland/PA Terry Farrell and Nicholas Grimshaw died within two weeks of each other in September. At last they ...
Over the last few decades, a new wave of attractive Postmodern buildings have sprung up across the Bronx. Although they are little known outside the borough, these distinctive structures have joined ...