Summary. Modernism and Postmodernism in Architecture

Postmodernism is an architectural movement that started in USA in the 1960s as a reaction against simplicity and pureness of Modernism. Postmodernism was first introduced by the architect Denise Scott Brown and architecture theorist Robert Venturi. Postmodernism was highly popular through the 1980s and 1990s. In the late 1990s it divided in multiple new styles such as Deconstructivism and Modern classicism. This architectural style rejects the perfect and pure forms of Modern architecture and celebrates freedom of styles and shapes by allowing them to work together.…