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Robert Venturi
Charles Moore
Hans Hollein
Phillip Johnson
James Stirling
Aldo Rossi
Post-Modernism
Major Architects
Robert Venturi
Charles Moore
Hans Hollein
Phillip Johnson
James Stirling
Aldo Rossi
Post-Modernism
Robert Venturi
A great admirer of Louis Kahn
Post-Modern architect whose early works
were very influential in contemporary
architecture
Wrote Complexity and Contradiction in
Architecture
Post-Modernism
Post-Modernism
http://www.brynmawr.edu/Acads/Cities/wld/wcapts2.html
Post-Modernism
http://www.brynmawr.edu/Acads/Cities/wld/wcapts2.html
Post-Modernism
Charles Moore
Another Post Modern architect who was
a contemporary of Venturi
Affected by Louis Kahns feelings for
the architectural past
Major structures
Post-Modernism
Post-Modernism
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Post-Modernism
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Post-Modernism
Piazza dItalia
Located in New Orleans, LA
Designed by Charles Moore
Designed to provide the small ItalianAmerican population in New Orleans
with an architectural focus of ethnic
identity
Post-Modernism
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Post-Modernism
http://www.brynmawr.edu/Acads/Cities/wld/wcapts2.html
Post-Modernism
Hans Hollein
Austrian Post-Modern architect
Designed the Austrian Travel Bureau in
Vienna, Austria
Post-Modernism
Oriental pavilion
Chessboard seating area
Post-Modernism
http://www.brynmawr.edu/Acads/Cities/wld/wcapts2.html
Post-Modernism
Philip Johnson
The most powerful figure of American
Post-Modernism
The reigning dean of American
architecture
Notable structure
Post-Modernism
AT&T Building
Located in New York City
Now known as the Sony Building
647-ft
Granite clad
36 oversized stories
Post-Modernism
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Post-Modernism
http://www.brynmawr.edu/Acads/Cities/wld/wcapts2.html
Post-Modernism
James Stirling
Post-Modernism
Staatsgalerie
Located in Stuttgart
Features
Post-Modernism
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Post-Modernism
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Post-Modernism
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Post-Modernism
http://www.brynmawr.edu/Acads/Cities/wld/wcapts2.html
Post-Modernism
Aldo Rossi
A Post-Modern architect from Milan
Enjoyed cult-figure status as the leader
of the Neo-Rationalists
Post-Modernism
Post-Modernism
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Post-Modernism
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References
Sullivan, Mary;
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/
http://www.brynmawr.edu/Acads/Cities/wld/wdpt
1.html
Trachtenburg/Hyman; Architecture: From
Prehistory to Postmodernity
Wodehouse/Moffett; A History of Western
Architecture
Modern
Architecture
Architectural History
ACT 322
Doris Kemp