5 Sections
25 Lessons
4 Hours
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1. The World That Made It
5
1.1
Postmodernism: the whole period in one lesson
1.2
Geography, climate and the materials to hand
1.3
Power, religion and who paid for buildings
1.4
What daily life was actually like
1.5
What came immediately before
2. What They Built
5
2.1
The building types of Postmodernism
2.2
Sacred architecture
2.3
Civic, royal and public buildings
2.4
Housing and everyday building
2.5
The city in Postmodernism
3. How They Built It
5
3.1
Historical quotation, irony and the return of the facade
3.2
Materials and where they came from
3.3
Structure: how it actually stands up
3.4
Tools, labour and life on the building site
3.5
How long it took and what it cost
4. The Language
5
4.1
The elements and vocabulary of Postmodernism
4.2
Proportion, geometry and rule
4.3
Ornament and what it meant
4.4
Light, colour and surface
4.5
How to recognise Postmodernism in ten seconds
5. What Survived and What It Changed
5
5.1
Piazza d’Italia by Charles Moore, read in detail
5.2
The Portland Building by Michael Graves, read in detail
5.3
The AT&T Building by Philip Johnson, read in detail
5.4
Why Postmodernism gave way to what came next
5.5
What architects still steal from Postmodernism today
Postmodernism: When Architecture Started Joking
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