Postmodern architecture

Also called Postmodernist architecture

Postmodern architecture challenged some universalizing Modernist principles by renewing interest in historical signs, local context and multiple meanings. Classical fragments, unexpected materials and exaggerated forms can create humour and metaphor, with interpretive diversity more characteristic than any single bright colour scheme.

Kind

Aesthetic

Lineage

Postmodern, deconstructivist and parametric architecture

Medium family

Photography

Medium

Photograph

Technique

Photographic capture

Light

Natural daylight

Composition

Layered overlap

Key traits

1. 01Historical vocabularies recombined
2. 02Return of symbols and ornament
3. 03Forms may express contradiction