Pumping station on the Isle of Dogs. John Outram, 1988
It is generally accepted that the second half of the twentieth century was characterised by ‘postmodernity’. But in the world of design and architecture the term ‘Postmodern’ usually refers to a specific style, and even to a quite limited and specific period – actually just over a decade – from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. Whilst in the worlds of literature, music, film, theatre and even philosophy, the term normally reflects a broad and open sweep of a long-lasting cultural epoch, in design and architecture it is seen as a narrow, odd, even aberrant and short-lived ...
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