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Postmodern architecture: a standalone construct

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Architectural history

the late twentieth-century reaction against modernism that revived historical reference, ornament, wit and communication with the public.

In architectural history, Postmodern architecture refers to the late twentieth-century reaction against modernism that revived historical reference, ornament, wit and communication with the public. This meaning comes from Jencks (1977) in The language of post-modern architecture.[1]

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Jencks, C. (1977). The language of post-modern architecture. Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated. ISBN 9780856708473

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