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For Charles Moore (1925-1993), an archetypal Post-Modernist who heaped on multiple allusions, more was never enough. An outspoken opponent of anonymous bedroom suburbs and interchangeable cities, Moore wanted architecture to recapture a lost ―sense of place.
each commission was an opportunity to highlight what the ancients called ―genius loci, or special attributes of a site. Moore‘s Sea Ranch housing (1965-72) on the California coast was an extreme example of ecological architecture. The houses modeled on local barns, are nestled into the site, sheltered from the prevailing wings. Slanted woods both deflect wind and collect sun .

Sea Ranch housing (1965-72)

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Piazza d’Italia (1975-1978) ,New Orleans, By Charles Moore.

Moore stressed the need for “joy” in architecture. A MIX of historical forms, in his relation to high and low culture.



Moore refer indirectly to historical motifs only to put-on them. His capitals consist of water jets shaping Corinthian ―leaves.


Stainless-steel Ionic volutes and streams of water flowing down columns to suggest fluting are a naughty takeoff on Classical style. In a high-camp parody, medallions shaped like Moore‘s head spout water.