Figurative architecture

Isaac Kremer/ September 9, 2018/ / 0 comments

Term apparently coined by Portoghesi to describe architectural design from the 1970s, influenced by Graves, Rossi, and others, in which attempts were made to restore the obscured meaning of types found in traditional architecture, as in walls, columns, door-cases, pediments, etc., after the jettisoning of so much by the Modern Movement. (Curl & Wilson, 2016)

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