post·mod·ern·ism
Definition:
any of a number of trends or movements in the arts and literature developing in the 1970s in reaction to or rejection of the dogma, principles, or practices of established modernism, especially a movement in architecture and the decorative arts running counter to the practice and influence of the International Style and encouraging the use of elements from historical vernacular styles and often playful illusion, decoration, and complexity.
Post Modern Architecture still uses steel, concrete and glass to build the structures but it has a spin using computers, sleeker lines that suit more of an environmental spin and more energy efficient and also re-using old buildings to form new ones.
National Museum of Australia
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