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7 Wonders (and a half) of POSTMODERN architecture?

7 Wonders of the Middle Ages:

- Stonehenge
- Colosseum
- Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
- Great Wall of China
- Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
- Hagia Sophia
- Leaning Tower of Pisa

7 Wonders (and a half) of postmodern architecture?


 
Jan 6, 11 2:32 pm
Apurimac

Walt Disney World
Swan Hotel @ Walt Disney World
Las Vegas Strip (New & Old)
Times Square

Uhh, I'm drawing a blank on others.

Jan 6, 11 2:53 pm  · 
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ChesterCopr

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Jan 7, 11 5:28 am  · 
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St. George's Fields

Bank of America building, Orlando


Taiepei 101


One Detroit Center


Epcot


Turning Torso, Malmo


Times Square


Harold Washington Library

And a half (concept, not execution)

15 Central Park West

Jan 7, 11 3:42 pm  · 
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vado retro

i believe stonehenge is from the stone age and is contemporary or predates the pyramids at giza. just sayin.

Jan 7, 11 5:47 pm  · 
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jetvancake

i believe the english were trying to make pyramids but couldnt quite figure out how to do it - hence stonehenge. just sayin.

Jan 7, 11 5:52 pm  · 
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Kos Scarpa Kos

7 Wonders (and a half)

7 Wonders and 1Alf
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/ALF/3443

Jan 11, 11 5:08 pm  · 
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Kos Scarpa Kos

Wonders of the Postmodern Ages:

- The big igloo of Eskimo Parliament
- Colossus of Rhodes (with anabolic steroids)
- Great Wall of Berlin
- Mausoleum of Elvis
- Pizza Pyramids

Jan 28, 11 6:22 am  · 
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citizen

Any short list of seminal PoMo historicist projects should include:

-Venturi's Vanna Venturi House

-Moore's Piazza d'Italia

-Graves's Portland Building

-Johnson's AT+T Building

Jan 28, 11 9:43 am  · 
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won and done williams

ahhahahaha... this thread is much better than the other seven wonders thread. why didn't i find this earlier?!

okay, so:

stonehenge = piazza d'italia
colosseum = walt disney world
catacombs of kom el shoqafa = modena cemetery
great wall of china = las vegas strip
porcelain tower of nanjing = taipei 101
hagia sophia = crystal cathedral
leaning tower of pisa = hmmm...i'm blanking...at&t?

(pj's getting too much credit on my list.)

Jan 28, 11 9:55 am  · 
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citizen

Well-played, EEW.

And it's Post-Modern, not Mosern.

Jan 28, 11 3:34 pm  · 
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Kos Scarpa Kos

1 Wonder of the Postmodern Ages:
- Leaning Tower of Marge

Feb 1, 11 2:03 pm  · 
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Kos Scarpa Kos

STRADA NOVISSIMA - 1980: Frank O. Gehry, Rem Koolhaas, Arata Isozaki, Robert Venturi, Franco Purini, Ricardo Bofil, Christian de Portzamparc.

http://eggeling-tape.blogspot.com/2011/01/hollein-post-modern-man.html

http://www.hollein.com/index1.php?lang=en&l1ID=5&aID=8#

http://intranet.arc.miami.edu/rjohn/ARC584_Contemporary_Architecture/TGS_Foster.htm

This is the idea on which Portoghesi created his Strada Novissima, the main exhibition set up at the Corderie dell’Arsenale, a striking space opened for the first time thanks to the Biennale. Strada Novissima was made up of twenty façades, designed by an equal number of great architects, and conceived as theatre wings for a hypothetical postmodern “street”. The exhibition offered visitors a direct and tactile experience of architecture: an exhibit, as Portoghesi underlined, “with architecture, not about architecture”. For the realisation of Strada Novissima, which opened a very lively debate on Postmodernism, becoming a symbol of the movement itself, big names were collected, among which we can find Frank O. Gehry, Rem Koolhaas, Arata Isozaki, Robert Venturi, Franco Purini, Ricardo Bofil, Christian de Portzamparc. Beyond each façade, every architect presented a monographic display of their works.







Feb 2, 11 4:58 am  · 
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Kos Scarpa Kos

Strada Novissima - Image Poster

http://tranquiada.blogspot.com/2011/01/strada-novissima.html

Feb 9, 11 5:36 am  · 
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Kos Scarpa Kos

tks EEW - I'd like to have a good image of this...

Feb 10, 11 5:37 am  · 
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elinor

no one has mentioned stirling's neue staatsgalerie? po-mo makes my teeth itch, but i think i love that building....

Feb 10, 11 5:23 pm  · 
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Kos Scarpa Kos

tsk EEW 4 t info...it's a gem

Feb 13, 11 5:36 am  · 
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Kos Scarpa Kos

14 PO-MO variations...a fundamental idea is repeated in altered form or in a different manner

Feb 23, 11 7:18 am  · 
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Kos Scarpa Kos

Michael Graves / po-mo house
http://thearchitectureprogram.com/2010/09/michael-graves-post-modern-house/

Feb 23, 11 3:23 pm  · 
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Kos Scarpa Kos

I found a new title 4 this thread: PO-MO WO-WO

7 WO-WONDERS of postmodern WO-WORLD

Mar 20, 11 7:50 am  · 
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Kos Scarpa Kos

The fifteenth po-mo "Eclectic House"
Hairy house
http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/8941/307692048e40f91d4c0o.jpg

Mar 21, 11 5:26 pm  · 
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St. George's Fields

Does it make me a bad person if I really like that Michael Graves house?

Mar 21, 11 5:50 pm  · 
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Kos Scarpa Kos

Pablo Bronstein: A Guide to Postmodern Architecture in London

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/3865601731/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books

Apr 1, 11 8:04 am  · 
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Kos Scarpa Kos

Postmodern chapter #OH!
architects-painters

Arduino Cantafora
http://www.aamgalleria.it/cfm-collezione.php?id=2032-Arduino-Cantafora

Apr 7, 11 4:01 pm  · 
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Kos Scarpa Kos

Postmodern chapter #OH!
architects-painters

Arduino Cantafora
http://www.aamgalleria.it/cfm-collezione.php?id=2032-Arduino-Cantafora

Apr 7, 11 4:01 pm  · 
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Kos Scarpa Kos

Architects-painters (PO-MO files) Massimo Scolari http://www.massimoscolari.it/?cat=2&paged=6 http://blog.couleuraddict.com/post/2008/05/22/5-Dessins-de-larchitecte-italien-Massimo-Scolari

Apr 13, 11 5:40 am  · 
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Kos Scarpa Kos

THE AGE OF SEMI- POST- POSTMODERNISM
author by Ben Davis

http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/davis/semi-post-postmodernism5-15-10.asp

article





Apr 14, 11 7:22 am  · 
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Kos Scarpa Kos

The 12 Labors of Hercules Architect

1 Restore Hansel & Gretel's gingerbread house drenched by the rain

2 Design Tarzan's eco-friendly house (in the jungle)

3 Participate in a talent show for architects

4 Paint Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye with polka dots - à pois

5 Disassemble the Eiffel Tower following the instructions on the box

6 Shoot a remake of "The House" and "The Belly of an Architect"

7 Realize (at least) 1 of Yona Friedman's ideas

8 A project to make Pompeii inhabitable

9 Build the other 2 pyramids in front of the Louvre-Giza

10 ****, ** ** ****' **********!

11 Moving staircases, moving floors, moving ceilings, moving toilets, moving roofs, moving kitchens

12 Housexy you!

HERCULES

Apr 20, 11 7:27 am  · 
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Kos Scarpa Kos

Strada Novissima - images

I#1

I#2

I#3

Apr 23, 11 6:48 am  · 
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JLOW

SEVEN WONDERS OF POST-MODERN ARCHITECTURE

 

1.) The Vegas Strip

 

2.) Venturi +Scott-Brown - Vanna Venturi House

 

3.) Charles Moore - Piazza d'Italia

 

4.) Michael Graves -  Fargo-Moorehead Cultural Center Bridge

 

5.) Aldo Rossi - Moderna Cemetery

 

6.) Hans Hollein - Retti Kerzenladen (Retti Candle Shop) 

 

7.) James Stirling - Stuttgart Staatgalerie

 


 

Apr 23, 11 8:33 pm  · 
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Kos Scarpa Kos

 Labors of Hercules Architect -  DJ REMIX BY GONDOL3

2 Design Tarzan's eco-friendly house (in the jungle)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugu0Mi61rak

4 Paint Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye with polka dots - à pois

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-i8lw4MhwY

9 Build the other 2 pyramids in front of the Louvre-Giza

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RIREpSS4Y4

10 ****, ** ** ****' **********!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjHBgrVBrNI&feature=related

May 12, 11 5:25 pm  · 
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Jonathan Golli

He doesn't get talked about all that often....

 

Ricardo Bofill

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2492742

http://www.idehist.uu.se/distans/ilmh/pm/bofill-abraxas.htm

 

Seriously, what a Rock Star.

 

JG

May 12, 11 5:54 pm  · 
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Kos Scarpa Kos

PO MO ah!

Giovanni Paolo Pannini + Aldo Rossi + Philip Johnson + Micheal Graves

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8scKN4p3ZA&feature=channel_video_title

 

 

May 19, 11 1:39 pm  · 
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Kos Scarpa Kos

Excellent list, JLOW.... and Bofil:

http://www.moma.org/collection_images/resized/904/w500h420/CRI_5904.jpg

 

May 24, 11 5:59 am  · 
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Kos Scarpa Kos

Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990 - Victoria & Albert Museum 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/video/2011/sep/22/postmodernism-victoria-albert-video

Sep 25, 11 2:53 pm  · 
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Urbanist

Don't forget the Gravesian classics:

Nothing like ancient Rome, with rebar.....

Sep 25, 11 6:20 pm  · 
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It's a wonder that any post-modern PoS ever got built.

 

Sep 25, 11 8:57 pm  · 
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AP

not so sure about the direction this is taking...the 7 wonders were/are wonders, not just part of an art/arch historical lineage, but truly wonder-ful in a popular sort of way.  i think apurimac's half-list is on the right track.

Sep 25, 11 10:26 pm  · 
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Kos Scarpa Kos

http://www.studio-international.co.uk/reports/post-office-or-postmodern-2011.asp

Post Office or Postmodern? by MICHAEL SPENS

http://www.catch-fire.com/2011/10/postmodernism-style-and-subversion-1970-1990-va-london/

Postmodenism Style and... by Tom Jeffreys

Dec 7, 11 8:31 am  · 
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jplourde

the only thing wonderous about post-modern architecture to me is that it exists!!

Dec 7, 11 11:35 am  · 
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jplourde

yeah, and i thought the medieval period was from roughly the 5th to 15th century?  doesn't that mean that stonehenge, the colosseum, the great wall [the famous bit], and hagia sophia technically aren't from the middle ages?  wikipedia is quite postmodern, however.

Dec 7, 11 11:44 am  · 
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