Was the AIA's Failure to Give its Twenty-Five Year Award In 2018 a Snub to Postmodernism"
This article was originally published by Common Edge as "Did the AIA Take a Pass on Postmodernism""
Michael Graves' Team Disney Building. Image © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/lorenjavier/3600380204'>Flickr user lorenjavier</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/'>CC BY-ND 2.0</a>
This article was originally published by Common Edge as "Did the AIA Take a Pass on Postmodernism""People perceive architecture in different ways. ?Style? is often an easy classification, traditional or modern. Popular residential work is often categorized dismissively by architects as ?vernacular.? The branding of the product of the profession, an oeuvre of work embodied in buildings and their meaning in our culture as celebrated by the American Institute of Architects, has many levels of recognition, from local AIA Chapter Awards, to national Awards.No AIA Award has more meaning or lustre inside the profession than the ?Twenty-five Year Award? for buildings that have ?stood the test of time.? The award has been given continuously for the last 56 years. This year, the Design Jury chosen to select a seminal building has opted not to give an award to anything, any building 25-35 years old.To quote the AIA:?The jury felt that there were submissions that appeal to architects and there were those that appeal to the public. The consensus was that the Twenty-five Year Awa...
Michael Graves' Team Disney Building. Image © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/lorenjavier/3600380204'>Flickr user lorenjavier</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/'>CC BY-ND 2.0</a>
This article was originally published by Common Edge as "Did the AIA Take a Pass on Postmodernism""People perceive architecture in different ways. ?Style? is often an easy classification, traditional or modern. Popular residential work is often categorized dismissively by architects as ?vernacular.? The branding of the product of the profession, an oeuvre of work embodied in buildings and their meaning in our culture as celebrated by the American Institute of Architects, has many levels of recognition, from local AIA Chapter Awards, to national Awards.No AIA Award has more meaning or lustre inside the profession than the ?Twenty-five Year Award? for buildings that have ?stood the test of time.? The award has been given continuously for the last 56 years. This year, the Design Jury chosen to select a seminal building has opted not to give an award to anything, any building 25-35 years old.To quote the AIA:?The jury felt that there were submissions that appeal to architects and there were those that appeal to the public. The consensus was that the Twenty-five Year Awa...
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