What does retromodern mean?
Retromodern means Alternative form of retro-modern..
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Alternative form of retro-modern..
Consistency, strength and efficiency have been abandoned for lightness, transparency, intelligence and density of information. ln this sense, the retromodern industrial figurations of the Center Pompidou in Pans by Piano and Rogers, and the Collserola Tower in Barcelona by Norman Foster are obsolete.
Baltimore's new ballpark has been justly praised for its siting, urbanity, and retromodern design.
When Meier amplifies and extends the architectural elements that infuse his houses with a retromodern charm into large buildings, the effect can be deadening, like listening to an endless Chopin etude.
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Retromodern means Alternative form of retro-modern..
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Consistency, strength and efficiency have been abandoned for lightness, transparency, intelligence and density of information. ln this sense, the retromodern industrial figurations of the Center Pompidou in Pans by Piano and Rogers, and the Collserola Tower in Barcelona by Norman Foster are obsolete.
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