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Postmodernism in architecture began in the 1970s. This movement is currently still happening and it is assumed that it will continue for a long time. This movement began right after the modernism movement, and was a direct response to modernism in architecture. Modernism was very sleek, rigid, and geometric, with the goal of being very productive, large, and simple. Postmodernism was a very opposite idea. The modernism buildings had little to no personality and felt very inhuman. Postmodernism began as a form of bringing personality and humanism back into buildings. The idea was to create colorful, organic buildings that looked more natural and playful. The way that the buildings were shaped began to be almost sculptural, making the movement of the lines a whole lot more artistic and vibrant. Another big part of postmodernism in architecture was the inclusion of exciting and new ideas from more people. It was a more global and multicultural movement with a lot of personality, and it was supposed to be a lot more eclectic and open.

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Post-Modern Architecture: 'More is More' | Historic England

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Deconstructionist Architecture: Inspiration behind the movement 

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Deconstructionist Architecture: Inspiration behind the movement 

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Along with the postmodern architecture movement was the deconstructionist movement. The idea for this movement is attributed to the  French  philosopher  Jacques  Derrida, and it began around 1960. Derrida's belief that lead to the architectural movement was based on interpretation of literature. He believed that there could never be and never is just one interpretation of any kind of literature. In the same vein, architects believed that there was not just one way of creating and understanding buildings. One of the main ideas that deconstructionist architects followed in this movement was that the whole is never worth more than the sum if its parts. All of the pieces of a building matter, and therefore form does not always need to follow function. These beliefs lead to a lot of very beautiful, sculptural designs that truly showed that buildings can be incredibly beautiful and functional at the same time.

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The ParkRoyal on Pickering hotel in Singapore

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Green Building: Influential to Postmodern Architecture 

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Green Building: Influential to Postmodern Architecture 

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Within the vein of being humanist and helping buildings come to life, postmodern architecture has been inspired by and a giant proponent of green building. This is an idea that is energy efficient and conservationist. Buildings that employ green ideas are places where they are attempting to recycle, reduce fossil fuel usage, and use the same of the buildings more wisely as places where plants can grow. There will be entire sides or roofs of buildings that are set aside for the sole purpose of being a space where plants can grow. There are also design features like having more windows for natural light and ventilation, reusing old materials from other builds so that they don't end up in landfills, hydro and solar powered technology, and much more. This green building movement is not only creating physical architectural reminders that the stiff forms of the modernist movement are not the only way that buildings can exist, but also a literal representation of the ideas that post-modernism espouses. Being more concours of life and how to keep the planet safe and healthy is a very global principle and outside the box mindset that is celebrated in postmodern architecture.

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Frank Gehry: The Dancing House and The Guggenheim in Spain 

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Frank Gehry: The Dancing House and The Guggenheim in Spain 

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The dancing house is prime post-modernism in that is literally personifies a building. Two parts of the building seem to be dancing together as they sway and wrap around each other in a very human-like form.
The Guggenheim in Spain is cited by the public as Gehry's most famous design. It is a very famous building not only because of its exciting organic shapes, but also because of the high number of visitors it attracts and the high level of art it shows on the inside and outside.

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Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 1998

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Frank Gehry is a very whimsical artist and architect from Canada. He was a big creator in the deconstructionist movement within post-modern architecture. He has created many buildings all over the world with his special touch. Some of his most famous creations include the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Dancing House in the Czech Republic, and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain.
The concert hall is very fluid, moving like music itself, creating a whole new experience for the concert goer, who can understand the better the art which will hit their ears because of the art in which they are sitting.

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Calatrava is a Spanish architect, who is also a painter and sculptor. His abilities are incredible, and his buildings completely exemplify the idea that there does not have to be a line between art and architecture. He was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of 2005, and that has proven to be true as his buildings all over the United States including but not limited to Atlanta, Milwaukee, Dallas, and New York City. He is very well known for his bridges as well. His artworks have begun to be very recognizable as his creations tend to have some similar shapes and colors. His buildings and bridges are often made of similar organic shapes and are usually made of steel that is painted white, and glass. His buildings have very open concepts and look like they are in movement. This is indicative of the insides, in which his goal is often to help the people inside feel like they are part fo the movement of the organism that is the building.

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Georges Pompidou National Center for Arts and Culture, 1977. Paris, France

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Richard is a postmodern architect from England. He, along with Italian architect Renzo Piano, created the Georges Pompidou National Center for Arts and Culture in Paris, France. This building was such an interestingly refreshing move forward from the modernist movement. In the past, all of the buildings were very sleek and held within them all of their pipes and electrical wires. This building proudly displays all of these parts that would have previously been hidden for aesthetic value and in order to fit the mold of the modernist movement. This building is very post-modern in that it is giving life to the building. It is showing that it has moving parts and gives the building itself fun colors and shapes that make it less rigid and more exciting to view.

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Swan Hotel at Walt Disney World in Orlando (a hotel in which I have had the privilege of staying)

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Graves is a member of The New York Five and the Memphis Group. He was also a professor of architecture at Princeton University for a few decades. He is a world renowned architect who exemplifies many post modern aspects in his buildings. He has done a lot of work with Disney, which is a great place to go to make colorful, organic shaped buildings with lots of exciting flair. The above photo is of a hotel that he designed for Disney that is on the park property. It has all the aspects that postmodernism professes! It is playful, sculptural, colorful, eclectic and democratic.

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Renzo Piano is an Italian architect who is still creating postmodern pieces to this day. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures was designed by him and it just recently opened in September of 2021. The building is very postmodern in its organic shape and artistic rendering. It is not only a place to view art, but a piece of art itself.

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renzo piano completes academy museum of motion pictures ahead of september opening