POST-MODERN ARCHITECTURE (jul 18, 1978 – sep 30, 1997)
Description:
- moves away from formalization
- "less is a bore, rather than more"
- brings back ornamentation
- buildings communicate their meaning to the public
- buildings were built for a specific context
- form no longer follows function
- embraces historical design
- vocabulary of the past but used in a colourful and expressive way
GRAVES
- colourful materials
- small scattered windows
BURGEE AND JOHNSON
- flourishes with no function
- combines classical columns with the skyscrapers
GEHRY
- mundane materials (plywood, glass, tile, aluminum)
- buildings were sculptures (like collages and assemblages)
- echoes the colours of the buildings nd environment around it
- irregular curves
- mirrored surfaces
- designed with the aid of computers
return of the column (for aesthetics rather than structure)
STIRLING
- incorporated elements of the previous museum
- integrated into the land and hill f
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