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Assignment 3: Postmodern architecture
Postmodernism in architecture came to the forefront in the 1970s. In recent years, postmodernism has
made some sort of comeback. Describe in 1500 words what postmodernism in architecture is, where it
came from and where it led to, and evaluate postmodernism’s significance for today’s architecture. Use
the following texts from the reading list as a point of departure.
Arthur Drexler, Introduction,Transformations in Modern Architecture, London (Secker & Warburg)
1980.
Charles Jencks, Part Three, Postmodern Architecture, The Language of Post-Modern Architecture,
London (Academy) 1977.
Vincent Scully, How Things got the way they are now, in: The Presence of the Past: First
International Exhibition of Architecture, Venice (La Biennale di Venezia) 1980.
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Liane Lefaivre, Critical Regionalism, A Facet of Modern Architecture Since 1945 in Liane Lefaivre,
Alexander Tzonis, Critical Regionalism: Architecture and Identity in a Globalized World, Munich
(Prestel) 2003.
Harold Kalman, Chapter 15 Modern Architecture and Beyond, A History of Canadian Architecture,
Toronto/New York/Oxford (Oxford University Press) 1994.r
Diane Ghirardo, Introduction, Architecture after Modernism, London (Thames & Hudson) 1996.