In the Western civilization and especially in Europe the conflict between classical and anti-classical, or modernism, has more often than not resulted in the surrounding and suffocating of the former by the latter, in the form of recent modern urban expansions. But the opposition between classical and modern architectures cannot continue today, because in the contemporary reality both represent historical contributions that bear witness to iconic conflicts that are a thing of the past. We cannot take any stand today, either in favor of the 20th century or of the contribution of previous centuries; the present-day city is per force multiethnic and multicultural.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In the Western civilization and especially in Europe the conflict between classical and anti-classical, or modernism, has more often than not resulted in the surrounding and suffocating of the former by the latter, in the form of recent modern urban expansions. But the opposition between classical and modern architectures cannot continue today, because in the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2581,"featured_media":47856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-no-category"],"yoast_head":"\n