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It is a surprising concept to realize that a societies architecture can reflect an era of thinking. Postmodernism is shown, through this, to be a concept as abstract as the structures themselves. In the slide show shown to us in class on Thursday, we were given numerous examples of the varying degrees existing in postmodern architecture.

One of the more interesting examples of this was the new rhetorical figures. Imagining new ways of representing traditional concepts is a popular but not ultimately foreign concept. From time I spent living in Japan, the idea of rebuilding upon a structure similarly to the Taipei 101 building could be seen in all the temples around Japan in structures known as pagodas. When we were shown the image of Taipei I could only think of how closely it resembled Kinkakuji, the golden pagoda in Kyoto, Japan. 

These re-imagined buildings show our postmodern trend of incorporating the new with the old, the emergence of the technologically present and the obsolete as one. Although different names, all of the different building structures we looked at share the same principles. Disharmonious harmony takes a classical approach but with a modern twist. Double coding shows us the common signifier while containing discernable elements of what is signified. To think that architecture could be so representative of the times of cultural thinking is something we tend to overlook in our daily lives.