2. POSTMODERN ARCHITECTURE
The idea of post modernism in architecture
began as a response to the perceived
blandness and failed utopianism of the
modern movement.
3. WHAT IS POSTMODERNISM?
• Late 20th century movement in the arts,
architecture and criticism that was a
departure from modernism.
• Post modernist architecture was one of the
first aesthetic movements to openly challenge
modernism as antiquated
4. WHAT IS MODERNISM?
• Modern movement as established and
developed by Walter Gropius and Le
Corbusier, was focused on the pursuit of
perceived ideal perfection and attempted
harmony of form and function and dismissal
of frivolous ornament.
5. Characteristics of Postmodernism
1. There is no absolute truth
2. Facts and falsehoods are interchangeable
3. Frustrated with modern thinking
4. Rationalization is the norm
5. Global community more important than
nationalism
6. All religions deserve equal recognition
7. Morality is individualistic
6. What are the indispensable reasons of
beginning of this modern era?
8. • Early modernism rejection came in the 1960s
• Venturi’s Complexity and Contradiction in
Architecture(1966) attacked the
institutionalized corporate modernism of the
International Style.
• ‘less is a bore’
10. COMPLEXITY & CONTRADICTION
IN ARCHITECTURE
• “LESS IS BORE” replaced “ LESS IS MORE”
• Time to bring Richness & Delight in
Architecture
• Break away from the world of Dull Buildings.
11. • Marked beginning of New Era in Architecture.
• Initially in USA ----Then in rest of the
Industrialized World.
16. THE WHITES
• Peter Eiseman
• Charles Gwathmey
• Richard Meier
• Michael Graves
Inspired by the White,
Light and Sleek
Architecture of Le-
Corbusier
THE GREYS
•Robert Venturi
•Charles Moore
•Robert Stern
Rejected the white and
light look of buildings in
favour of decorative
elements
19. CHARLES GWATHMEY
• American architect
• Famous For Interiors
• Vacation Houses
• Restaurants
• Offices
• Apartments
Charles Gwathmey residence and studio
21. CHARLES MOORE
• The Most Brilliant P-Modernist
• Author Of Many Books
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22. ROBERT STERN
• Dean of the Yale School of Architecture
• Author
• Architect
• Preservationist
• Stern draws inspiration from early American
to late Deco.