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  • 6.7: Post-Modern and Contemporary Architecture

    Postmodern architects rebelled against the austerity and rationality of modernist architecture. They believed architecture should use symbols and ornament that played with cultural ideas – implementing them with less seriousness and gravitas than earlier movements, such as neoclassical and neo-gothic architecture. This allowed them to reincorporate the world's architectural heritage into contemporary building design. They often fused ornamental and symbolic aspects with modernist design, so buildings could still fulfill their functional roles.