Modernism / Postmodernism – A Crossroads
The Lloyds Building “Blending modernist ideals with sympathy for the surroundings, the Lloyds’ insurance building is perhaps a post-modern masterpiece” (http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/history/heritage/the-lloyds-building) No applied decoration, and a definite element of simplification of form – not sure the ‘OU’ are correct here, but Rogers is ushering in the Postmodern… Has the Lloyds Building an element of Cyborg [...]
