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A Pioneer of Postmodernism:Hans Hollein
United Kingdom Architecture News - Oct 06, 2014 - 20:22 4981 views
‘’All is Architecture’’Confirmed!
Hans Hollein undoubtedly is a classic master of postmodernism in architecture world and he passed away,aged 80, just at the point where his works inspire next generation architects to a large extent.Hans Hollein born on March 30, 1934 in Vienna,Austria and he is an architect,artist, theoretician,curator,teacher.Of course,these words are not enough to describe his whole works or contributions he has made to Austrian architecture but when we look at his body of work,it is certainly understood that Hans Hollein was an interdisciplinery architect who impresses other members of architecture world.Indeed,his career left us a huge legacy about his irrefutable polemical manifestos as well as other impressive works and when he highlighted his declaration ‘’Everything is Architecture’’ in 1967,-yes he was right.’’Everything was Architecture’’ because we could easily see that how he has dealt with design from teaspoon to city.So,the most important thing what I want to emphasize here is to analyse his architecturewith some specific works lost in the history in terms of perceptual,haptic,sensual or maybe pricking.....Continue Reading
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