2. Comparision between Modernist & Postmodernist Architecture Modernist Architecture Postmodernist Architecture Duration: late 19th- early 20th century Late 20th -21st century Predecessor: Nordic Classicism Modernist Architecture Modernism is efforts to reconcile the principles underlying architectural design with rapid technological advancement and the modernization of society. Postmodernism refers to the functional and formalized shapes and spaces of the modernist style are replaced by diverse aesthetics. Major concept: Form follows function pluralism, double coding, flying buttresses and high ceilings, irony and paradox, and contextualism.