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Book SynopsisGuest-edited by Owen Hopkins and Erin McKellar
Our current moment is one of profound political and economic change. Historically, these moments of transition have seen a parallel period of cultural and notably architectural flux. In the late-1970s this was manifested in Postmodernism. Today, a number of architects are looking again at this movement and redeploying a range of its tactics and approaches using contemporary methods and techniques. These include different modes of collage, formal reference and quotation, stylistic eclecticism, symbolism in form, material and ornament, and the bold, expressive use of colour, both natural and synthetic.
While the design that results from these multiform' tactics and approaches has been seen as a kind of neo-Postmodernism, this issue argues that this is a simplistic and superficial reading. Instead, it posits this phenomenon as the architectural attempt both conscious and unconscious to reflect, grapple with and mak
Table of Contents
About the Guest-Editors 05
Owen Hopkins
Erin McKellar
Introduction What is Multiform? 06
Owen Hopkins
Aiming for Personality An Exercise of Continuous Improvisation 12
Lera Samovich
PoMo, Collage and Citation Notes Towards an Etiology of Chunkiness 18
Mario Carpo
Nothing New Referencing, Remixing and Sampling 26
Graham Burn, James Crawford and Alexander Turner
Marni Sweaters and Rugby Shirts Colour Blocking in Architecture 32
Jennifer Bonner
More With Less Responding to Austerity 40
Catrina Stewart and Hugh McEwen
The Birth and Rebirth of a Movement Charles Jencks’s Postmodern Odyssey in 2 48
Stephen Parnell
Pluralism and the Urban Landscape Towards a Strategic Eclecticism 56
Dirk Somers
#Architecturez Rackz, Shackz and the Opportunities In Between 64
Mat Barnes
Exploring, Building, Completing Context and Craft 70
Amin Taha
Screen’s Domesticity From the Postmodern House to Our House 76
Léa-Catherine Szacka
Taking Joy Seriously An Interview with Artist and Designer Camille Walala 84
Owen Hopkins
Perceiving Postmodernism Learning from London’s Marshlands 92
David Kohn
Working in Public Political and Design Inheritances in the Work of DK-CM 100
David Knight and Cristina Monteiro
The Joy of Architecture Evoking Emotions Through Building 108
Geoff Shearcroft
Remembering in Colour In Conversation with Artist / Designer Yinka Ilori 118
Erin McKellar
From Another Perspective Iconic Iconoclasm: David Connor 128
Neil Spiller
Contributors 134
