Postmodern Architecture and the Return of Style

After reading through pages 337-343 of Practices of Learning, I found the conflict between modernism and post-modernism to actually be surprisingly interesting. The modernist architecture and international style movements were intended to reduce buildings down to their basic forms and take away all excess decorations, while the post-modernist movement was intended to bring interesting form back to design. Boxy designs were rejected and the tops of buildings often have some sort of decorative shapes. Some supporters of the older modernist movement decided that the new style was too gaudy for their tastes, so the neo-modernist movement was created. This whole movement and counter-movement brings to mind a back-and-forth tug of war, with two schools of thought competing for dominance. I personally prefer the look of something like the post-modern Petronas Towers (seen below) over Modernist blocky towers, but that's just me. Regardless, both sides have good points and neither group seems truly right or wrong.