“Post-modern” architecture gets a bad rap. Called everything from "transvestite architecture”, to “architectural vandalism”, the intellectual movement of “Post-modernism” that surfaced in the mid-1950s devolved into a stylistic, superficial fad, commonly known as "PoMo" by the early 80s.
The irony of modernity
Through the lens of “Irony”, Emmanuel Petit examines the work of five architects: Venturi and Scott Brown, Tigerman, Isozaki, Eisenman, and Koolhaas. And gets very deep below the surface to lay bare many of the most satisfying intellectual projects in architectural history.
“Post-modern” architecture gets a bad rap. Called everything from "transvestite architecture”, to “architectural vandalism”, the intellectual movement of “Post-modernism” that surfaced in the mid-1950s devolved into a stylistic, superficial fad, commonly known as "PoMo" by the early 80s.