Postmodern Style

Postmodern architecture become a style during the late 1970s. Since then it is continuously influencing the present-day architecture. Postmodernity in architecture is said to be heralded by the return of "wit, ornament and reference" to architecture. As with many cultural fashions, some of Postmodernism's most pronounced and visible ideas can be seen in architecture. The functional and formalized shapes and spaces of the modernist style are replaced by diverse aesthetics. 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.