Retromodern
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Retromodern is an adjective meaning Alternative form of retro-modern.
Meaning
Alternative form of retro-modern.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include non-modern, post-modern, retro-fitted, po-mo, transmodern, newfashioned.
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