Modernist austerity dominated architecture for decades — then Postmodernism reintroduced colour, ornament, and historical reference. The catalogue holds 12 Postmodernist buildings across 9 cities — buildings that treat architectural history as a sourcebook to be quoted, distorted, and recomposed.
The movement emerged in the 1970s as a direct response to Modernism's perceived coldness and uniformity. Key works include buildings in Noisy-le-Grand and Paris. Ricardo Bofill's monumental housing projects — Les Espaces d'Abraxas, Walden 7 — recast classical columns and pediments at a scale that is simultaneously grandiose and ironic.
