Postmodernism in architecture is most commonly understood as a stylistic phenomenon. Yet it should be understood first in the context of what the movement opposed, and second in what it affirmed. The very term- Postmodernism - indicated the distinction enthusiasts for the new approach intended in the early 1970s: an architecture differentiated from and following in the wake of Modernism.
These architects turned towards the past, quoting past aspects or various buildings and melding them together to create a new means of designing buildings. Several different styles put together in the same building e.g. classical columns mixed with patterned tiled areas and blocks of bright colour seen in the Piazza d'italia.
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