Postmodernism part 2

2. Portland Building 1980 Portland Municipal Building Portland, OR 1980 Michael Graves

7. Chicago Public Library 1987 Thomas Beeby

8. HWLC

9. Aerial

10. HWLC

11. Boston Public Library

12. Marshal Field Wholesale, 1885 Marshal Field Wholesale Bld.

13. Bibliotheque St Genevive (1843) Bibliotheque Ste. Genevive

14. Cornerstone detail

15. HWLC, acroteria

16. plan

17. Aerial

18. Back

19. FCC

20. FCC, construction photo

21. AT&T Building, NYC, 1979 Philip Johnson

22. Postmodern Bob Evans

23. “ Architecture is the decoration of shelter.” –Venturi

24. Modern urban landscapes (like Las Vagas) need words to convey their meanings. Buildings can represent their meanings in two basic ways: Duck vs. Decorated Shed

25. The Duck is a building that is its sign. Meaning and symbol are one. The sign and the building are not separate but the building itself represents its meaning. (The term comes from a poultry shop in the shape of a duck) Duck

26. Doge’s Palace (Venice c. 1300-1400), Decorated Shed

27. Parthenon Duck

28. Institute for Scientific Information (35 th at Market) Venturi Decorated Shed

29. The Decorated Shed is a building where the sign is separate and the meaning is applied via a sign. Meaning is contained in the sign and the architecture itself becomes unimportant. The same building could be a church or a casino, it depends only on the sign. Superior Court Building, Manchester, CT, Allan Greenberg converted from a strip mall supermarket, mid 1970s Decorated Shed

30. Liberty Place and Chrystler Bld. Ch