| explain postmodernism | Postmodernism was a reaction to modernism, mixing of styles from previous styles, began in 1960
-a parody of modernism
-started in the USA |
| Explain | A house for Essex, 2015, UK, FAT and Greyson Perry
-postmodernism style
-shrine to a fictional character |
| Explain | Plaza Dressing Table by Micheal Graves
-postmodernism style
-star-architect |
| Explain "the greys" and "the whites" camps | -appeared in the post-modernism period
-the greys: "more is bore"- Venturi
-the whites: "less is more"- mies Van der Rohe |
| Name, date and notes | Best Department Store, Robert Venturi, 1925-
-postmodernism style
-floral shower curtainn as a facade |
| Name, date and notes | Vanna Venturi House, Philadelphia-USA,1962-64
-first post modern building
-instead of a flat roof that was popular for modern style, he gave this a gable roof, oversized chimney, line of windows taken from Le Corbusier, entrance does not have a door, and roman arch
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| Explain | Queen Ann Chair, Robert Venturi
-postmodernism
-imitation of previous styles |
| Name, date and notes | Switch Restaurant, Dubai- UAE, 2009
-Karim Rashid
-style: blobisym
-called switch cause it changes colour
-on the ceiling it calligraphy, like Islam did writing in the mosques |
| Name, date and explain | Morimoto, Karim Rashid
-Philadelphia-USA, 2001
-use of red: as pink (red makes us hungry)
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| Name and notes | Kurve bar, NY-2008
-Karim Rashid |
| Name and notes | Blue Frog Lounge, Karim Rashid, 2018, Mumbai India
-red colour in spaces of consumption
-has centrality- common for spaces of consumption |
| Name, date and notes | H.R. Giger Museum Bar, Gruyeras, Switzerland, 1998
-being consumed by a whale
-visual consumption |
| Name, date and notes | West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Canada, 1981
-largest shopping mall in north America up until 2004
-still largest in north America
-waterpark, skating ring.. |
| Name and notes | Mall of America, Minnesota- USA, 1992
-redone in tile floors
-no clocks and windows to lose sense of time
-mimics Crystal Palace- first forms of shopping malls |
| Name, date and notes | Trajan Markets, Rome, 113AD
-model for how we shape shopping malls today |
| Name, date and notes | Colosseum, Rome
-70-80AD
-50 000 spectators
-sport area typology
-centrally organised spaces
-class hierarchy |
| Name, date and notes | Bellagio Hotel, Casino, Las Vegas-USA, 1998
-no clocks, no sunlight
-bright lights and sounds |
| Name, date and explain | Guggenheim Museum, 1959, Frank Lloyd Wright, NY-US
-lines that go towards a central layout |
| Name, date and explain | Guggenheim Museum, Frank Gehry, Bilbao Spain, 1997
-titanium sheets to look like sheets
-style: deconstructivism
-people think that the architecture is too visually distracting from the art |
| Name, date and notes | Guggenheim Museum, Abu Dhabi- UEA, Frank Gehry
-centrally organisation |
| Name, date and notes | Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles-USA, Frank Gehry, 2003
-concert hall- space of consumption |
| Name, date and notes | Palais Garnier Opera House, Paris, 1875,
-famous opera houses in the world
-Beaux Art style |
| Name, date and notes | Torre Telefonica
Santiago Calatrava, Barcelona Spain, 1992- for olympic games
-to hide the telephone antenna |
| Name, date and notes | Athens Olympic Stadium, Greece
Santigao Calatrava, 1980-82
-renovated for 2004 olympic games
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| Name, date and notes | The Birds Nest Chinese National Stadium,
Beijing China, Herzog and De Meuron Architekten
-2008 Olympic games
-uses patterns inspired by Chinese culture |
| Impact of architecture on locals | -the prices of living go up (taxes, rent..) |
