Traditional Vs Modern Architecture

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Traditional Architecture vs. Modern Architecture Architecture, which is the practice of building design and its resulting products, has been a feature of general occurrence throughout the ages, being a strong indicator of social concerns, with some civilizations using it to express piety and power. One can say that architecture is to building as literature is to the printed word. As the decades come and go, architecture is known to evolve, hence adapting to the ever changing world. One major change is known to have occurred at the beginning of the 20th century. Modern architects reacted against the architecture of the 19th century, which they felt borrowed too heavily from the past. They found this architecture either oppressively bound to past styles or cloyingly picturesque and eclectic. As the 20th century began they believed it was necessary to invent an architecture that expressed the spirit of a new age and would surpass the styles, materials, and technologies of earlier architecture. Hence modern architecture was born. Such architecture dominated the landscape for several decades, but then, with the depletion of resources, the world realized that modernism is in fact not so perfect. It was then that some architects decided to look for solutions where their counterparts didn’t bother to look, the past. Enter vernacular architecture. Vernacular architecture or traditional architecture is the term used to categorize methods of construction which use locally available resources and traditions to address local needs. Some believed that, by using local practices, such as using local materials in construction, building costs will decrease, hence being economically more advantageous. So, in this exposé, we shall have a look at how modernism took on the world, the issues that appeared later on, and finally we shall discuss about vernacular architecture, why we should
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