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Robot Order

The first book about British postmodernist John Outram captures his eclectic stylings

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1939–2022

Pedro Garcia Hernandez remembers Ricardo Bofill

La Muralla Roja, designed by ricardo bofill, a bright red collection of towers
1939 - 2021

Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill passes away at 82

Inside a library at the cosmic house
A Cosmic Journey

Charles Jencks’s Thematic House will open as a museum later this year

a soaring lobby with latticed ceiling and flared columns at 60 wall street
Off The Grid

60 Wall Street’s eccentric Kevin Roche and John Dinkeloo-designed atrium will be gutted in $250 million refresh

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Ornamentation For All

Second World Postmodernisms argues the movement sprung from late socialism

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Be Less Bored

Postmodern Architecture: Less is a Bore is a delightful distraction during troubled times

Interior exhibition shot of a twisting wooden tower, on view in Invisible City
Invisible No More

Invisible City reveals Philly’s avant-garde side

Black and white photo of Horton Plaza, a blocky shopping maill
Horton Hears a Whodunnit

Philip Salata and Jason Araújo attempt to find the murderers of the Horton Plaza Mall

Black and white image of Charles Jencks
In Memoriam

Sean Griffiths on the fun of debating with the late Charles Jencks

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RIP Jencks

Architectural historian Charles Jencks dies at age 80

A Michael Graves drawing of a multicolored building on a yellow wash
Postmodern on Paper

Princeton University Art Museum acquires 5,000 drawings by Michael Graves

Illustration showing a small structure with two differently-sized 2d columns in front
Más Housing

LA-Más designs colorful accessory dwelling units for Los Angeles

Photo of the 160-foot atrium of Helmut Jahn's 1985 James R. Thompson Center.
Landmark It Now!

Sale of Chicago’s iconic Thompson Center delayed through 2019

The Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut
"I'm a Whore"

Just how much of a Nazi was Philip Johnson?

The Australian pavilion at the 2018 Biennale, Grasslands Repair explored the interaction between landscape and architecture.
Post-pre-digital

The Venice Architecture Biennale turns away from the digital

Photo: The front entrance to the Abrams House, designed by Venturi Scott Brown & Associates.
Pittsburgh's Postmodern Posterboy

Exclusive: Venturi Scott Brown-designed house suffers secret demolition

Chippendale Gyrations

The AT&T Building is now a New York City landmark

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