This example of modern architecture is the Chase Manhattan Bank, by Gordon Bunshaft/ SOM, at New York, New York, 1961.   It is stark concrete and steel, functional and not ornamental.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

But consider this example of modern architecture.  Although it also limits ornament, postmodern and deconstructivist critics note that it has created itself as an ornament.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Here is an example that calls itself postmodern architecture.  It is the Hood Museum of Art, by Charles Moore, at Hanover, New Hampshire, 1981 to 1983. Notice that it has both modern and traditional elements in juxtaposition with each other.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Here is another example of postmodern architecture.  Don't let the light and dark fool you in this photograph.  The same building contains both colors.  This is the Portland Building, by Michael Graves, at Portland, Oregon, 1980.