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1983 was a productive year in Postmodern architecture, with major figures including Michael Graves, Robert Venturi, and Charles Moore completing buildings that demonstrated the full expressive range of historical reference, colour, and irony characteristic of the movement. The period also saw early stirrings of deconstructivism and the increasing influence of critical theory on architectural debate in architectural thinking.
Kreisschule Churwalden, completed by Atelier Peter Zumthor in 1983, extends a postwar school complex on a sloping alpine site in Graubunden through three stepped pavilions for classrooms and a gymnasium,…
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Kanchanjunga Apartments, a towering icon in Mumbai’s skyline, demonstrates Charles Correa’s approach to integrating modernism with local sensibilities. Designed in 1970 and completed in 1983, this 32-story residential building addresses…
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The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), designed by B.V. Doshi, a Pritzker Prize-winning architect renowned for his contributions to Indian architecture, was completed in 1983. It is an educational…
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