Post-Modernism POMO
Salk Laboratory, La Jolla, CA, 1965
Kallman, McKinnell, Knowles 1962
“Less Is More”
Pruitt-Igoe, St. Louis, IL Minoru Yamasaki
Williamsburg Housing Project, NYC
Here in Lowell
End of Pruitt-Igoe and the International Style
“Less is Not More… Less is a Bore.”
Robert Venturi, 1966
Charles Moore, Piazza d’Italia, New Orleans, 1977
Trevi Fountain, Rome, Italy, 1732
1972
Main Street is Almost All Right
1960s
Ducks and Decorated Sheds
Tail of the Pup Hotdog Stand, Los Angeles, 1975
Modern Architecture MW 2:00-3:15 Oblivion
SITE (Sculpture in the Environment) James Wines Michelle Stone Alison Sky Taking the “Decorated Shed” to its Post-Modern conclusion
How do you attract a motorized consumer to a drab salesroom?
Best Products Stores, 1970s Richmond, VA, 1971-72
Peeling Project: “De-architecture”
SITE realized we are drawn to destruction the same way highway accidents compels us to slow down and look.
Notch Project Sacramento, CA, 1976-77
Tilt Project, 1976-78 Towson MD, now demolished.
1960s Pop Art Claus Oldenberg, Clothespin, Philadelphia
Philip Johnson, AT&T Building, 1978