精英翻譯轉自https://paper.udn.com/papers.php?pname=POH0054
Postmodern architecture began as a reaction against modernist architecture. Modernist architecture was very formal, functional, and often plain. Postmodern architecture is seen as a return to cleverness and fun. Postmodern buildings have parts that are only for decoration, rather than being strictly6 useful. Many postmodern buildings take architectural styles from the past and use them in new, interesting, or funny ways. For example, the Sony Building in New York is a skyscraper with an elaborate top that looks like an old bookcase. There was no need for that kind of decoration, but it is beautiful and funny. Postmodern architecture values decoration and function.
後現代建築一開始的出現是為了要和現代派建築抗衡。現代派建築非常正規、實用，但通常設計也很無趣。後現代建築被視為是回歸智慧與趣味的一種建築形式。後現代建築有些設施純粹是觀賞用，但卻完全不實用。許多後現代建築會將以前的建築形式帶到現代加以運用，加入一些新穎有趣或奇特的元素。舉例來說，位在紐約的索尼大廈是一座摩天樓，它設計精緻的屋頂看起來就像是個舊式的書櫃。雖說這樣的設計並非必要，但這讓整棟大樓看起來美觀又有趣。後現代建築重視設計以及實用性。
What we call postmodern architecture began in the United States in the 1960s. One early, important figure was Robert Venturi. His Vanna Venturi House is a classic postmodern building. Venturi built a gabled roof—that is, a roof that forms a peak in the center—on that house, but the peak is split in the middle. So the functional gabled roof, which was designed to allow rain and snow to run down the side, is turned into art instead.
我們所謂的後現代建築在1960 年代於美國開端。早期重要的代表人物就是羅伯特‧ 范裘利。他的「母親之家」就是一個經典的後現代建築。范裘利設計了一個三角牆的屋頂，即屋頂在中心點形成一個尖端，但這個尖端從中裂開。於是，這設計來讓雨和雪從旁邊落下的實用三角屋頂變成了一種藝術。
Charles Moore is another famous postmodern architect. One well-known work of his is the Piazza d'Italia in New Orleans. His Piazza d'Italia uses many old Italian-style posts, but they aren't made of traditional materials. Some of them, in fact, are made using jets of water!
查理斯‧摩爾是另一位有名的後現代建築師。他其中一項著名的作品就是位在紐奧良的「義大利廣場」。他的義大利廣場使用了很多傳統義大利形式的柱子，但並非使用傳統的材質，有些其實是以打造噴水柱的材質所製的！
In the late 1980s, a type of architecture called Deconstructivism developed out of the postmodern movement. This style takes apart buildings and tries to separate elements usually found together. It is a very unusual, striking style.
1980年代晚期，有另一種建築形式叫做「解構主義」，是從後現代建築中發展出來的。這種風格就是把建築物「拆解」，並試著將應該在一起的元素分開。這是一種非常不平凡又令人印象深刻的風格。
Postmodernism in all its forms is alive and inspiring. It is still a main influence on architects around the world.
不管何種形式的後現代主義風格都是充滿生氣且發人省思的。對世界各地的建築師而言，它仍具有遠大的影響力。
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