Talk:Postmodern architecture

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Contents 1 Postmodernism series 2 Gehry and Bilabo 3 Postmodern architecture 4 Sydney Opera House 5 Comment on the newest addition 6 More images 7 Chatty

[edit] Postmodernism series

I've created a template feel free to add other important examples of postmodernism - broadly defined - in this template so that readers can gain a better understanding of the terms involved by comparing and contrasting their use over several articles. Stirling Newberry 17:21, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Since the page is linked from the "History of Western Architecture" template, I've added the template to the page; not sure how best to arrange it with having both the Architecture & the Postmodernism templates to have it look less cluttered, and they're definitely both quite relevant. Grsing 15:32, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gehry and Bilabo

Uh, let's see. I'm new at this discussion page so lets see if this works. but i wanted to note: Bilabo is Deconstructivist. not post modernist. so I'm going to take it out. actually, Gehry as a whole is DeCon (since, for one main reason, he makes no refrence to any past styles whatsoever), so I'm going to get rid of the refrence to him as well.

Gehry can sometimes be considered postmodern as well as his forms are a rejection of the modern aesthetic. Take his Chiat Day building for example with the sculpture by Clas Oldenberg. But you're right that he is deconstructivist, maybe it's better to include a link to deconstructivism??

This article might also be considered part of the "History of Western Architecture" series. How to reconcile series boxes? Burschik 10:52, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Postmodern architecture

• When we say post-modernism we traditionally think of architecture. What is the post modern architecture?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 196.27.81.173 (talk • contribs) .

• There should be more examples of postmodern buildings on here. This article needs a lot of work. --Kalmia 15:42, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sydney Opera House

I don't have sources for this, and maybe public perception is wrong, but when people think of post-modernist architecture, people think of the Syndey Opera House. This should maybe be one of the added photos. Am I right, am I wrong?

[edit] Comment on the newest addition

While I am happy to see this article expanded, this newest addition [1] strikes me as slightly odd. I ran swaths of text through google, which usually helps determine C&P from other sites, but found nothing. What strikes me as odd though is the inclusion of (fig. 5) type references to illustrations that don't exist. DVD+ R/W 20:50, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm thinking that it's a student's paper. The missing figures would be images that the author realizes are OK to insert into an academic paper, but not into Wikipedia. It needs some work, but that's what Wikipedia editors are for. Thanks to Azhardesai and hope you don't mind being edited. Novickas 03:28, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

PS, it would be good to have the building date included in the image captions. Novickas 03:30, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

I didn't mean to sound harsh or suspicious, it's just that lengthy unformatted additions are very often copyvios. If it's a student's paper then I applaud Azhardesai for that. I'll add more info to the captions soon. DVD+ R/W 06:11, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] More images

On another note, here are some images that I think we should include:

I've also seen some pics from buildings by Aldo Rossi and Carlo Scarpa, that maybe should be added also. I added Piazza d'Italia by Charles Willard Moore to the lead already. DVD+ R/W 20:50, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chatty

The tone of the "brief Discussion" is I think too chatty and filled with anthropomorphisms. Postmodernism did this.. Postmodernism did that... and too much emphasis on Venturi. Needs to be overhauled. One should at least discuss the impact of Charles Jencks' book. ec.Brosi 18:01, 25 November 2006 (UTC)