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Postmodernism: The flamboyant rejection of Modernism
Isle of Dogs Pumping Station.Photo by Reading Tom via Flickr Popular between the 1970s and 90s, postmodern architecture featured houses with curving forms, bright colours
Why the revival of post-modernism is a sign of the times
The revival of postmodernism is more than next-generation nostalgia. It reflects a society, economy and entire political system in a profound state of flux writes
Japan’s 1980s boom was marked by unhinged wealth and intense architectural creativity. Its legacy includes some of the most wildly original buildings the world has
Icon 176: The rise of the robots, plus Terry Farrell, OMA, Flores & Prats, and designers confronting pollution
In our latest issue, we embrace the automation revolution, look at young designers seeking to tackle pollution, interview Terry Farrell one the pomo renaissance, profile
Digital baroque: The British architects combining the digital and the historical
Combining the design techniques of the digital avant-garde with pomo’s sense of historic context, a new generation of British architects is stepping into the limelight, says
RIBA exhibition – Mies van der Rohe & James Stirling: Circling the Square
Above: Mies van der Rohe’s unrealised Mansion House Square proposal Curator Marie Bak Mortensen discusses the two proposals for Mansion House in the City of
