Post Modern Architecture

Post Modern Architecture was certified as a style of architecture in the 1970's but continues its influence into todays architecture. This style is heralded by the return of wit, ornament, and reference and is a sort of melting pot of previous styles of architecture. This mosaic of styles took familiar classic styles and twisted them to form a new style of uniqueness. "Perhaps most obviously, architects rediscovered the expressive and symbolic value of architectural elements and forms that had evolved through centuries of building which had been abandoned by the modern style." (http://www.wikipedia.org/) Post Modern Architecture is also well known as neo-eclectic and is characterized by unusual angles and textures. Modern architects think of Post Modern buildings as vulgar and resemble shopping malls, but nonetheless Post Modern Architecture was an important stepping stone in the design of our current world in the structural sense.

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