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A Pop of Postmodern
One of the 20th century's most divisive architectural trends, postmodernism is the ultimate mash-up style featuring bright colors, classical forms with a modern twist and an undeniable sense of playfulness from big name proponents like Michael Graves, Ettore Sottsass and Robert Stern. Read on for some of our fave examples of this eclectic style. With tongue-firmly-in-cheek, this fun picture book from Phaidon, Postmodern Architecture: Less is a Bore, features more than 200 postmodern buildings around the world and recounts how these architectural "atrocities and abominations" and "affronts to human dignity" (as one member of the public described them in a letter to the press) have inspired and incensed.
