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John Outram Associates: Judge Business School, Trumpington Street, Cambridge  Designed 1991–2, built 1993–5  Image © Pat Payne / Historic England Post Modern Architecture, 80s Interior, Retro Interior Design, Memphis Design, Frank Gehry, Retro Interior, 5 Image, Design Textile, Zaha Hadid

Postmodernist architecture will always be a divisive genre, which is precisely what makes those who love it, love it more. Beginning in the late 1970s as a reaction to modernist principles of form follows function, postmodernism in buildings manifested as a riot of tropical colours and the fusing of contemporary and classical decoration. Geraint Franklin and Elain Harwood, authors of new book _Post-modern Buildings in Britain_, call the eclectic results, at their best “individual and…

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In "Learning from Las Vegas: the Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form" Robert Venturi coined the term "duck" in which the architectural form tells you the function of the building. Venturi categorized the remaining buildings as "decorated sheds" which require signs or symbols. Signage Architecture, Novelty Architecture, Kitsch Architecture, Robert Venturi, Big Duck, Postmodern Art, Scott Brown, Architecture Board, Unusual Homes

The Big Duck, Flanders, NY. The Big Duck was the vision of Long Island duck farmer Martin Maurer and designed by Broadway set designers, the Collins Brothers, and crafted by locals George Reeve, John Smith and Merlin Yeager in 1931. In "Learning from Las Vegas: the Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form" Robert Venturi coined the term "duck" in which the architectural form tells you the function of the building. Venturi categorized the remaining buildings as "decorated sheds" which…

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