Tag Archives: Aldo Rossi

New Solidifications of Collective Memory in the City

Posted on 2022/07/24 by herbertwright

A concrete sandwich lies deep in a chasm between London skyscrapers. An angry Bristol crowd drag a statue through the streets. De Chirico seems to have left something at Cambridge station. The life of sculpture in public space… by Herbert … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Aldo Rossi, sculpture, Sculpture in the City, The Society of the Spectacle, Urbanism | Leave a comment

Book review: Melancholy and Architecture

Posted on 2018/05/04 by herbertwright

Melancholy and Architecture: On Aldo Rossi, by Diogo Seixas Lopes, Park Books Review by Herbert Wright (originally published in Blueprint magazine July 2015) They look rather like scenes painted by de Chirico, but they are not. One … Continue reading →

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Postmodernism- what is the V&A take?

Posted on 2011/09/29 by herbertwright

About 40 years ago, the Italians started re-designing the world. They invented Postmodernism, and everything from skyscrapers to catwalks and videos was visually transformed. That’s the story according to the big retrospective at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum, Postmodernism: Style … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Design, Postmodernism | Tagged Adolf Loos, Ai Wewei, Alchymia, Aldo Rossi, Alessandro Mendini, architecture, Asahi Beer Hall, AT&T Building, Bladerunner, Bruno Zevi, Cesar Pelli, Charles Jencks, Charles Moore, Chicago Tribune tower 1922, Concrete Stereo, Delirious New York, Ettore Sottsass, exhibition, FAT architects, Glenn Adamson, Grace Jones, Han Dynasty vase, High-Tech, Hiroshima Mon Amour, Hyderabad, Jean-Paul Gode, Koyaanisqatsi, Las Vegas, MTV, New Order, New Wave, Non-Plan, Peter Saville, Philip Johnson, Phillipe Starck, Piazza d'Italia New Orleans, Postmodernism, Pruitt-Igoe, Rem Koolhaas, retrospective, Robert Venturi, San Cataldo Cemetary, SITE architects, Studio Memphis, Subversion and Style 1970-1990, Terry Farrel, The Society of the Spectacle, TV-AM Building, Victoria & Albert Museum | Leave a comment

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Tag Archives: Aldo Rossi

New Solidifications of Collective Memory in the City

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Postmodernism- what is the V&A take?

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