Postmodern Architecture Postmodern architecture is a style or movement which emerged in the late 1950s as a reaction against the austerity, formality, and lack of variety of modern architecture, particularly in the international style advocated by Philip Johnson and Henry-Russell Hitchcock. The movement was introduced by the architect and urban planner Denise Scott Brown and architectural theorist Robert Venturi in their 1972 book Learning from Las Vegas. The style flourished from the…
Modern Architecture Buildings Modernism or modern architecture is an architectural style that emerged in the early 20th Century. Modernism would become the dominant architectural form in the aftermath of the devastation of the Second World War. Its heavy use of new technologies characterizes it. with particular emphasis on the use of glass, steel, and, of course, reinforced concrete. Many also define it…
Modern Architectural Structures From the start of the 20th century until World War II, Modern architecture was the dominant design school. The terrible war changed the kind of Modern structures required in the period after the conflict. Examples of Modern architecture started to appear since people needed usefulness and efficiency more than ever to reconstruct the whole cities that were…
