What: Works by six young, London-based architectural firms: Adjaye/Associates, Caruso St. John Architects, FAT (Fashion Architecture Taste), NÃall McLaughlin Architects, muf and Sergison Bates architects.
When: Through June 3. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; noon-5 p.m. Sundays
Admission: $10; $7 for senior citizens; $6 for children and students; free for museum members and Pitt and [...]
In the 1980s, postmodernism reigned supreme in the worlds of art and architecture.
Postmodernist architecture, of course, was a reaction to the minimalist modern architecture of the 1950s and ’60s. But, whereas the Michael Graveses and Robert Venturis of the world were busily designing whimsically overwrought buildings as a reaction to the excessively boring buildings that [...]
“Gritty Brits: New London Architecture” presents the work of six young firms and opens Friday at Carnegie Museum of Art’s Heinz Architectural Center with a talk by African-born London architect David Adjaye. Heinz curator Raymund Ryan organized the exhibit, which comes with a 120-page catalog and runs through June 3.
The six firms — Adjaye/Associates, [...]