So Much Ado about Michael Graves and the Reasons Why

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Architecture, School of Environmental Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure , Nigeria

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Beginning from the early 1970s till first decade of the 21st century and in fact till now, Michael Graves’s persona had induced a profound eternal dialogue.  Much before he designed his Portland Building, which gave a final and original voice to the then growing discourse on Postmodernism, and with the installation of the buildings’ Portlandia, Grave’s influence reverberated among the cult of Avant Garde and the Architecture profession.   This study attempts to examine this author - Michael Graves, and to evaluate his work, recall meanings, similarities and contentions within these works and re-discover reasons for his growing influence over the period of his active contributions and architectural essays. It is an analytical review of the works authored by the architect beginning from the Hanselman house in 1967, to the Portland Building in 1980. The study observed that Graves’s ambivalence to fictionalize Architecture as well as his surprises with colors is fundamental to his successes. 

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Arts and Architecture Journal
Volume 4, Issue 2
December 2023
Pages 203-214

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