Architects of the late twentieth and twenty-first century who reacted against modernist orthodoxy, reintroducing historical reference, ornament and irony, and the contemporary architects who followed with parametric, sustainable and other current practices. Belongs here: any architect whose defining practice runs from roughly the 1970s to today. Does not belong here: a postwar modernist whose practice predates the postmodern reaction.
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Wikimedia FoundationWikipedia, Postmodern architecture, lead section, era
Postmodern architecture is a style or movement which emerged in the 1960s as a reaction against the austerity, formality, and lack of variety of modern architecture.
Wikipedia, Postmodern architecture, lead section, region
Postmodern architecture is a style or movement which emerged in the 1960s as a reaction against the austerity, formality, and lack of variety of modern architecture.
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