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  • Collection: Post-Modernist

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The townhomes feature a slim, modern look. Large glass windows are on every floor and allow for a scenic view of outside. All buildings are connected and allow for more to fit in tight lots. The paint scheme mimics real material but isnt. The wood…

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A post-modern building boasting angular architecture with simple, dull colors.

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This house is located in the center of a residential area north of NC State's campus and its architecture stands out starkly against the other houses in the area which are more traditionally styled. Where Modernism was intended to be sleekly…

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This is a photo of a house that I pass on the way to class every morning. It is a private residence on Clark Avenue and it is unlike any of its neighbors, which were brick homes built in the 1930s and 1940s. The house is one massive rectangle made of…

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The Maltese Parliament House is characteristic of post modern architecture's reception and purpose. It's somewhat a functional classicist take with its hulking limestone exteriors, symmetrically covering up two separate buildings on stilts with 3…

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I was somewhat unsure of what to look for to identify a building as post-modernist in Raleigh, but I drove past this Extra-Space storage building and thought it had some characteristics that may place it into that category. First, its shape gives it…

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The Metropolitan Tower in New York City is a prime example of post-modern architecture. The Metropolitan Tower has a triangular shape with dark glass. Built in 1987 and has helped transform New York City's skyline by being one of the tallest…

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A postmodern brick building. While reading the description and learning more about postmodern architecture I began to get the sense that buildings that were designed for a specific purpose and were renovated for another would be considered as such.…

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This is a house that is down the street from my apartment.

One should note that this house looks very different from the other homes in the neighborhood, which are mostly all a more traditional style. While the house itself is very wide, it is…

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This is a very poorly taken photo I snagged of the 60 State Street building in Boston a couple years ago.
This building is very angular, with each jut of the building making it appear as if several different buildings were smushed together nicely.…
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