Neomodern

This article is about the architectural movement. For the philosophical movement, see Neomodernism.
The Bay Adelaide Centre in Toronto. When first proposed in the 1980s the building had a strongly postmodernist design. The final design, completed in 2009, adopted the neomodern style.

Neomodern or neomodernist architecture is a reaction to the complexity of postmodern architecture and eclecticism in architecture, seeking greater simplicity. The architectural style, which is also referred to as New Modernism, is said to have legitimized an outlook of comprehensive individualism and relativism.[1]

  1. ^ Glendinning, Miles (2010). Architecture's Evil Empire?: The Triumph and Tragedy of Global Modernism. London: Reaktion Books. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-86189-756-5.