Articles Tagged with ''Postmodernism''

House of the Month

Tall Architects’ Gabled Residence in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, Harmonizes Varied Forms

Ocean Springs, Mississippi

November 17, 2025

Elevated 8 feet from the ground, the wood-frame Rayburn House was greatly influenced by a 1981 residence by Herzog & de Meuron.

English Architect Terry Farrell Dies at 87

Matt Hickman

September 29, 2025

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Best known for designing London’s 1990s-era SIS Building and Embankment Place, Farrell’s death follows the recent passing of his former partner, Nicholas Grimshaw.

From the RECORD Archives: ‘The Post-Modern House’

RECORD Editors

September 15, 2025

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In this evocative May 1945 essay, author Joseph Hudnut, the founding dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, is believed to use ‘Post-Modern’ for the first time in an architectural context.

Braced for the Future: Milan’s Renovated Torre Velasca Reconnects with the City

Nathan Eddy

July 24, 2025

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The mid-century high-rise emerges from a Asti Architetti–led refresh that stretches from the tower’s street-level plaza to its copper-clad mansard roof.

‘Hans Hollein transFORMS’ Opens at the Centre Pompidou

Andrew Ayers

March 18, 2025

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The Pompidou’s final architecture exhibition before it closes for renovations displays a career-spanning trove of the mischievous Austrian’s highly varied output, which runs the gamut from radical provocations to PoMo puckishness.

Tribute: Fredric Jameson (1934–2024)

Michael Speaks

October 2, 2024

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The philosopher and literary critic whose works include the seminal ‘Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism’ passed away at his Connecticut home at 90.

Humana is Vacating Its Michael Graves–Designed Headquarters in Downtown Louisville

Matt Hickman

February 9, 2024

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The Fortune 500 company will decamp from its pink granite-clad namesake tower over the next 18 to 24 months.

Robert A. M. Stern Identifies 15 Postmodern Landmarks-in-Waiting

Death by Distaste: Preserving Postmodernism’s Legacy

Robert A.M. Stern, FAIA

February 9, 2024

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As an increasing number of Postmodern buildings face the threat of demolition, architect Robert A. M. Stern assembles a list of 15 "landmarks-in-waiting."

Snøhetta Brings Fresh Air into a 1980s Landmark

Clifford A. Pearson

January 5, 2023

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Philip Johnson and John Burgee’s AT&T Building is reimagined by Snøhetta as an urban garden.

Architectural Time Travel in Robert A.M. Stern's New Memoir

Review: 'Between Memory and Invention: My Journey in Architecture,' by Robert A.M. Stern with Leopoldo Villardi

Thomas Fisher

July 11, 2022

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From his boyhood in Brooklyn to his major practice in Manhattan, the architect recounts his life and work.

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