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Isle of Dogs Pumping Station: London's Temple of Postmodern Architecture

Isle of Dogs Pumping Station: London's Temple of Postmodern Architecture

“Architecture is more than plumbing, just as eating is more than an excuse to make turds” John Outram If you look to your left as you come around...

Kyoto Station: A Gargantuan Postmodern Architectural Masterpiece in an Ancient City

When travelers arrive in Japan’s ancient capital, they expect wooden temples and Zen gardens. Instead, they are greeted by a sci-fi colossus. One o...

From James Bond to Breakfast TV: How One Designer Created the Look of the 90s

London is full of historic stone buildings, but if you look closely, there are a few that feel like they jumped straight out of a movie screen. Som...

The 50p Building: 4 Things You Didn't Know About Number One Croydon

If you have ever passed through East Croydon station, you can’t miss it. Rising out of the South London skyline like a stack of white poker chips, ...

Japanese Postmodern Architecture of the Bubble Era

1980s Japan was a nation hurtling at exponentially increasing speeds into a seething, self-consuming, technologically fantastical, aesthetically ...

Thompson Center, now Google Center (originally the State of Illinois Center), Chicago's Postmodern Civic Masterpiece

The Thompson Center in Chicago (originally the State of Illinois Center) is regarded as one of the most important postmodern public buildings in th...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Buildings by Kenzo Tange, Imperial Postmodern Masterpieces

This blog describes Kenzo Tange’s monumental Tokyo Metropolitan Government Complex in Nishi-Shinjuku, completed in 1991. Consisting of two vast bui...

Humax Pavilion - Tokyo Postmodern Architecture

In the 1980s, Japan underwent an unprecedented economic and cultural transformation, driven by rapid industrial growth, real estate speculation, an...