history of modern architecture
section 15a 1965-90
Deconstructivism
Peter Eisenman (born 1932)
Wexner Center for the Arts
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (1989)
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Jewish Museum Berlin
Design competition 1988-1989, construction through 1999
Daniel Libeskind (born 1946)
One of the first group described as deconstructivist at 1988 MOMA show in New York.
video & audio
Roger Brown, 1993 "Talk Show Addicts"
critique in post-modern art __school of art institute, chicago

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Georges Pompidou Center
Construction 1971-1977
Renzo Piano (born 1937)
Richard Rogers (born 1933)
Gianfranco Franchini (born 1938)
Considered postmodern and high tech
Exciting, open, multi-use,
Built after student and labor unrest in late 1960's France
Required relocation of local markets
1960's France
French protest include students and workers, '68
Georges Pompidou Center, construction 1971-1977
new high tech, public architecture in Paris
(see description and video below)
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1960s change
'67 summer of love, vietnam war,
student unrest in US (& France including workers)
Colorado, 1965
R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983)
American Pavilion of Expo 67 (biosphere)
Montreal, Quebec (1967)
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