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Although postmodern architecture reaches giddy heights in the cinema multiplexes and shopping malls on the outskirts of town, its services have been in greatest demand in the centre of London. The fun, brash style dominated architecture from its radical inception at the end of the 1970's to its soggy death by cul-de-sac developments in the 90's. Why did the postmodern(...)
Postmodern architecture in London
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Although postmodern architecture reaches giddy heights in the cinema multiplexes and shopping malls on the outskirts of town, its services have been in greatest demand in the centre of London. The fun, brash style dominated architecture from its radical inception at the end of the 1970's to its soggy death by cul-de-sac developments in the 90's. Why did the postmodern expire? A change of fashion, maybe? It can certainly be too much at times, all those Plaudoh pediments, Lego walls and cheap multicoloured facings. A victim of its own popularity? We live and work in countless postmodern low-rise houses and offices all over the city; so ubiquitous is it that not a street has been spared.
City Guides
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Taking the form of an eighteenth century plate-book, this witty artist's book proposes 83 new designs for door frames. Printed in sepia, the sometimes impractical, outrageous or tasteful designs cover many epochs and motifs--from Gothic to Postmodern, Chinoise to Turkish--but always from the same perspective.
Ornamental designs for the framing of doors
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Taking the form of an eighteenth century plate-book, this witty artist's book proposes 83 new designs for door frames. Printed in sepia, the sometimes impractical, outrageous or tasteful designs cover many epochs and motifs--from Gothic to Postmodern, Chinoise to Turkish--but always from the same perspective.
Ornementation
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In this volume, Pablo Bronstein (born 1977) explores, in drawings and writing, the style that has come to dominate architectural development in London over the past 30 years, the pseudo-Georgian style characterized by its economy and its eccentric quotation of architectural history.
February 2018
Pablo Bronstein: Pseudo-Georgian London
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In this volume, Pablo Bronstein (born 1977) explores, in drawings and writing, the style that has come to dominate architectural development in London over the past 30 years, the pseudo-Georgian style characterized by its economy and its eccentric quotation of architectural history.