When an American Fortune 500 company wanted to build a new building in Pittsburgh to serve as its headquarters, it wanted something special. Today, this Gothic Revival building is one of the most stunning examples of Postmodern architecture in the world. In this article, you’ll discover some of the most interesting facts about PPG Place, …
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A decade before the renowned American architect Robert Venturi (1925-2018) wrote his book “Learning from Las Vegas” (1972) together with his wife Denise Scott Brown, he designed a house for his mother. This house is now considered to be the first true example of Postmodern architecture, a style that flourished in the 1980s and 1990s. …
If you plan to become a UK spy who operates in foreign countries, this is the building in London you’ll have to report to. The Secret Intelligence Service, or MI6, was in desperate need to change headquarters in the 1980s for several reasons. They moved to one of the most incredible landmarks in the country …
When modern architecture emerged in the 1920s and 1930s, not everybody could appreciate the lack of variation and decorative elements. By the 1960s several renowned architects already expressed the shortcomings of modern architecture, especially those found in International Style buildings. A couple of architects named Denise Scott Brown (born in 1931) and her husband Robert …