Michael Graves’s playful use of classical elements in his Public Services Building helps identify it as an example of

a)  postmodern architecture.
b)  neoclassical architecture.
Consider This: The fluted columns on the exterior of this building are red-brown. 25.1 Describe the principal characteristics of postmodern and recent architecture.
c)  Neo-Expressionist architecture.
Consider This: The fluted columns on the exterior of this building are red-brown. 25.1 Describe the principal characteristics of postmodern and recent architecture.
d)  modernist architecture.


a)  postmodern architecture.

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