Postmodern style in Gherkin

POSTMODERN DESIGN

Postmodernism is a late-20th-century movement in the arts, architecture, and criticism that was a departure from modernism. Postmodernism includes skeptical interpretations of culture, literature, art, philosophy, history, economics, architecture, fiction, and literary criticism. It is often associated with deconstruction and post-structuralism because its usage as a term gained significant popularity at the same time as twentieth-century post-structural thought.

The term postmodernism has been applied to a host of movements, many in art, music, and literature, that reacted against tendencies in modernism, and are typically marked by revival of historical elements and techniques.

The Gherkin

It is popularly used in creating one of the most famous monuments of the modern world, 30 St Mary Axe, which is more often known by the name 'The Gherkin', which is located in London. It is a huge commercial skyscraper found in the primary financial district, the 'City of London'. The building was first opened for the public in april 2004, and still attracts the attention of millions to this date.