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'''Modern architecture''', '''modernist architecture''' or simply modernism, is an architectural movement that was popular in the early-mid 20th century. The modernist movement was an attempt to create an architecture underpinned by [[functionalism]], as opposed to aesthetics.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/art/Western-architecture/20th-century-architecture Western Architecture - Modernism, Skyscrapers, Urbanism | Brittanica]</ref> Modern architecture, in particular '''brutalism''', has been criticised for being ugly and is strongly associated with [[communism]] (the [[Lenin]] Mausoleum in Moscow being a good example) and other [[totalitarianism|totalitarian]] ideologies. Critics like Charles Jencks and Rem Koolas argue that modernism fails to engage with the emotional, cultural, and symbolic needs of people.<ref>[https://kts.org.uk/kingstons-riverside-new-indoor-spaces-thrive-but-gloomy-walkway-still-lags-behind/ The tyranny of modern architecture: why we hate it and how styles like London Vernacular complicate the debate | The Kingston Society]</ref>

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−	'''Modern architecture''', '''modernist architecture''' or simply modernism, is an architectural movement that was popular in the early-mid 20th century. The modernist movement was an attempt to create an architecture underpinned by [[functionalism]], as opposed to aesthetics.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/art/Western-architecture/20th-century-architecture Western Architecture - Modernism, Skyscrapers, Urbanism \| Brittanica]</ref> Modern architecture, in particular '''brutalism''', has been criticised for being ~~ugly~~ and is strongly associated with [[communism]] (the [[Lenin]] Mausoleum in Moscow being a good example) and other [[totalitarianism\|totalitarian]] ideologies. Critics like Charles Jencks and Rem Koolas argue that modernism fails to engage with the emotional, cultural, and symbolic needs of people.<ref>[https://kts.org.uk/kingstons-riverside-new-indoor-spaces-thrive-but-gloomy-walkway-still-lags-behind/ The tyranny of modern architecture: why we hate it and how styles like London Vernacular complicate the debate \| The Kingston Society]</ref>	+	'''Modern architecture''', '''modernist architecture''' or simply modernism, is an architectural movement that was popular in the early-mid 20th century. The modernist movement was an attempt to create an architecture underpinned by [[functionalism]], as opposed to aesthetics.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/art/Western-architecture/20th-century-architecture Western Architecture - Modernism, Skyscrapers, Urbanism \| Brittanica]</ref> Modern architecture, in particular '''brutalism''', has been criticised for being unattractive and bland, and is strongly associated with [[communism]] (the [[Lenin]] Mausoleum in Moscow being a good example) and other [[totalitarianism\|totalitarian]] ideologies. Critics like Charles Jencks and Rem Koolas argue that modernism fails to engage with the emotional, cultural, and symbolic needs of people.<ref>[https://kts.org.uk/kingstons-riverside-new-indoor-spaces-thrive-but-gloomy-walkway-still-lags-behind/ The tyranny of modern architecture: why we hate it and how styles like London Vernacular complicate the debate \| The Kingston Society]</ref>

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