Philosophy since the Enlightenment, by Roger Jones. Postmodernism (architecture and art) - MSN Encarta. Post Modern Architecture. Picture Dictionary of Modern Architecture - Postmodernism. Postmodern architecture. Modernist architects may regard postmodern buildings as vulgar, associated with a populist ethic, and sharing the design elements of shopping malls, cluttered with "gew-gaws".
Postmodern architects may regard many modern buildings as soulless and bland, overly simplistic and abstract. This contrast was exemplified in the juxtaposition of the "whites" against the "grays," in which the "whites" were seeking to continue (or revive) the modernist tradition of purism and clarity, while the "grays" were embracing a more multifaceted cultural vision, seen in Robert Venturi's statement rejecting the "black or white" world view of modernism in favor of "black and white and sometimes gray. " One building form that typifies the explorations of Postmodernism is the traditional gable roof, in place of the iconic flat roof of modernism. Relationship to previous styles[edit] Roots of Postmodernism[edit] Postmodern Architecture. Postmodernism and Its Critics.