In this reassessment of postmodern architecture at the end of the 20th century, Emmanuel Petit addresses the role of irony and finds a vitality and depth of dialectics largely ignored by historical ...

Remember postmodern architecture? Those patchwork buildings with bits of classical decoration and bright colors that were all the rage in the 1970s and 1980s? Think of the AT&T Building with its ...

Fans of postmodern architecture, rejoice: Today, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously to landmark the lobby and the Ambassador Grill within the United Nations Plaza Hotel (now known ...

Robert Venturi, the Philadelphia-based architect whose buildings and writings championed “messy vitality” above the rational order of Modernism, died last week at age 93. For generations of architects ...

You wouldn't know it by the latest batch of streamlined glass towers on Asian skylines, but I'm guessing postmodern architecture is poised for a revival, or at least a second look. A major London ...

Postmodern architecture is a rare and diminishing breed in New York City. There's Philip Johnson's Sony tower, mid-conversion to pricey condos; the endangered Ambassador Grill at the United Nations ...

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This is L.A., so some of our best architecture comes from fast food restaurants (e.g. Stephen Kanner's Westwood In 'N Out). It's no surprise, then, that the KFC on Western is one incredible example of ...