Terry Farrell and Nicholas Grimshaw died within two weeks of each other in September. At last they had something in common ...

Postmodernism is back. We see it in the slew of books and articles about the movement, in the campaigns to save some of its greatest landmarks such as Philip Johnson's AT&T building in New York, in ...

As Britain’s contentious Postmodern architecture comes of age, the rebellious style is attracting a new generation of admirers. Best known for its striking shapes and bright colors, the eclectic ...

Robert Venturi, the Philadelphia-based architect whose buildings and writings championed “messy vitality” above the rational order of Modernism, died last week at age 93. For generations of architects ...

Architecture is in a constant state of near-neurotic obsession over its past. So this month, when the American Institute of Architects decided not to name a winner for its annual Twenty-Five Year ...

November is turning out to be Postmodernism Month in this column. Last week I tried to raise some alarm bells about a misguided new plan from architecture firm Snøhetta to remake Philip Johnson and ...

Snøhetta’s redesign will bring a two-story glass curtain wall to the base of the postmodern stone building. DBOX Snøhetta’s proposal to update the postmodern office building at 550 Madison Avenue ...

History has often been taught in a linear way. This way of teaching has often left out grand historical narratives, and focused primarily on the occidental world. Which building is better, the duck or ...

The intellectual titan bestowed on us so many things, chief among them a reminder to Always Be Historicizing. On Sunday, the literary theorist and critic Fredric Jameson—an intellectual titan and one ...

The intellectual titan bestowed on us so many things, chief among them a reminder to Always Be Historicizing. The late literary and cultural critic.(Creative Commons) On Sunday, the literary theorist ...