MODERNISM AND POSTMODERNISM IN ARCHITECTURE, AN EMPHASIS ON THE CHARACTERISTICS, SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES

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This research is conducted in order to describe the modernism and postmodernism in architecture, as well as the characteristics, similarities and differences between these two with each other. The research methodology is in library form and by using of books, domestic and foreign articles and related websites in this research. Among the features of each of styles can name the efficiency and pragmatism in modern architecture and adherence to a kind of unusual metaphysics in post-modern architecture. About the similarities and differences between these two styles can be said that these two styles do not have a lot of similarities but post-modern architecture has followed some aspects of modern architecture and has been created the similarity between them. Both architectural styles have been effective on socio-economic and environmental conditions and in particular philosophical conditions .Modern architecture had been involved with a big problem with the name of war and inevitably has wanted to fix it but post-modern architecture has came to action with a sense of shortages of this style and at the same time freely and rich intellectual backing. Modern architecture began with the civil period that attention to industry had been a principle and to succeed in the industry should be sacrificed anything. Ranging from human to conditions and human life .Post- modern era has been formed in contrast point with giving value to human and his/her emotions.