Postmodern Architecture: Less is a Bore

by Owen Hopkins

A curated collection of Postmodern architecture in all its glorious array of vivid non-conformity This unprecedented book takes its subtitle from Postmodernist icon Robert Venturi's spirited response to Mies van der Rohe's dictum that ‘less is more'. One of the 20th century's most controversial styles, Postmodernism began in the 1970s, reached a fever pitch of eclectic non-conformity in the 1980s and 90s, and after nearly 40 years is now enjoying a newfound popularity. Postmodern Architecture showcases examples of the movement in a rainbow of hues and forms from around the globe.

Genres: Architecture

224 pages, Hardcover

Published February 26, 2020

Reviews

[Brian Kovesci · Rating 3 out of 5]

Visual reference for inspiration when I need to think outside the norm.

I dig, and there is quite a range of examples in time, location and references, but I want more. Isn’t that always the case with books like this, though? There’s no such thing as enough.

[Fenderick Lee · Rating 2 out of 5]

I initially googled up top 10 architecture books to read and this book was in the list, the book is a little expensive considering that it lacks educational informations.

The book is filled with images alongside random post-modernist quotes that does not seem to match, I guess it works more as a pictured list on post-modernism architecture.

To sum it up -
The book has tons of: Images, building location, quotes.

The book lacks: Vital information, what makes it post-modern, the design's discourse and the architecture movement on a boarder discourse.

[Colin · Rating 5 out of 5]

You want details, schematics, theory? Look elsewhere! But you want gorgeous photos of bonkers buildings and pull quotations to make you think? Here you go! Bonus points for a page number typeface that’s well-nigh unreadable! It doesn’t matter!