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Posts tagged 'Postmodernism'

Is postmodernism really worth saving?

The 1986 Big Bang led to an explosion of postmodernism in the City of London. Now these buildings are tumbling down, John Jervis asks: should

Architecture

New issue – Icon 156: Pomophobia

In our latest issue – out now – John Jervis argues that postmodernism has left London with a pretty turgid legacy, while Hugh Pearman looks

Opinion

Paul Shepheard: Playboy bunnies and nose-diving jets

Compared with the deconstructivist work of some of his fellow AA alumni, Shepheard’s pop-inflected compositions have left little impression on contemporary architectural culture. Charles Holland wonders

Opinion

Postmodernism in Finland

In the land of modernism, PoMo was always going to be on the margins – but that made it all the more unsettling, says Crystal

Opinion

Adhocism

There’s a maxim one occasionally hears in relation to Charles Jencks: “Always interesting, always wrong.” The point being that his omnivorous intellectual activity, despite greatly

Opinion

Postmodernism

The mood was set nicely. The busker in the subway that connects South Kensington underground station to the V&A was playing Rick Astley’s Never Gonna

Opinion

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Panter&Tourron unveils cosmic-themed window displays for Hermès

The art of Italian living: Marelli arrives in Shoreditch

The women bringing contemporary design to Lake Como Design Festival

‘We have a moral obligation to experiment’: Bas Smets unveils Vitra’s new Water Garden

ICON 220 : Autumn/Winter 2026

HIMACS Terrazzo Designs Receive Red Dot Design Award 2026

Wood for the Trees: AHEC brings an exploration of forests to Shoreditch Design Week

‘My approach is intimate’: Stefania Zanetti on photography, food and the body

‘Good curation is not about filling a space with statement objects’: Pavel Klimczak on Monologue’s new showroom




Architects

‘We have a moral obligation to experiment’: Bas Smets unveils Vitra’s new Water Garden

Open House Festival opens hundreds of London buildings this September

The contemporary Magdalen House in Quebec brings a new perspective to coastal architecture

A Douro winery by Atelier Sérgio Rebelo connects design with wine traditions

This Copenhagen park nurtures climate resilience and neighbourhood life

Vipp brings Scandinavian hospitality to Upstate New York

Iittala brings iconic Aalto Vase into public architecture for 3daysofdesign

Snøhetta and Annabelle Schneider turn USM’s Modular System into pavilion

SANAA connects museum and library in new Taichung complex


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Panter&Tourron unveils cosmic-themed window displays for Hermès

The art of Italian living: Marelli arrives in Shoreditch

The women bringing contemporary design to Lake Como Design Festival

Wood for the Trees: AHEC brings an exploration of forests to Shoreditch Design Week

‘My approach is intimate’: Stefania Zanetti on photography, food and the body

‘Good curation is not about filling a space with statement objects’: Pavel Klimczak on Monologue’s new showroom

ND Selects Heads East

McLaren looks to an unfinished past to design its future

Shoreditch Design Week: London Design Festival’s largest district announces its headliners



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Panter&Tourron unveils cosmic-themed window displays for Hermès

The art of Italian living: Marelli arrives in Shoreditch

The women bringing contemporary design to Lake Como Design Festival

‘We have a moral obligation to experiment’: Bas Smets unveils Vitra’s new Water Garden

ICON 220 : Autumn/Winter 2026

HIMACS Terrazzo Designs Receive Red Dot Design Award 2026

Wood for the Trees: AHEC brings an exploration of forests to Shoreditch Design Week

‘My approach is intimate’: Stefania Zanetti on photography, food and the body

‘Good curation is not about filling a space with statement objects’: Pavel Klimczak on Monologue’s new showroom