Modernism, Postmodernism, Deconstructivism.

No one architectural style defined the 1990s, as several themes played a role in building designs at the end of the century. Modernism, which came to prominence in the 1960s, featured rectilinear geometry, minimalism, and an ordering of space; its philosophy called for form to follow function. It gave way to postmodernism in the late 1970s and 1980s. Postmodernism linked present and past designs, as well as brought ornamentation and context back to architecture. Deconstructivism followed, although it waned quickly. Deconstructivist architecture was identified by its fragmented forms. A "Deconstructivist Architecture" exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in June 1988 provided a glimpse of what was ahead. The exhibition featured the works, most yet to be built, of Frank O. Gehry, Daniel Libeskind, Rem Koolhaas, Peter Eisenman, Zaha Hadid, Bernard Tschumi, and Coop Himmelblau. Mark Wigley, associate...