Word: frillier
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...postmodern impulse of the 1970s was fundamentally a movement away from , the cerebral and toward the sensual. Today, although interest in the frillier postmodern forms is waning, many architects and designers are taking a further leap in the same direction. They are concerned less with issues of style and more with exploring the character and connotations of building materials -- the nuances of woods and stone and plaster and metals and plastics and finishes. The best designs of 1986 in almost every instance exemplify the new materialism...
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