Minimalist, modern jarring cube buildings have been out of style for a long time now. developers keep building them because they're cheap. It's artless commerce

Minimalist, modern jarring cube buildings have been out of style for a long time now. developers keep building them because they're cheap. It's artless commerce. Self-awareness and contextuality are arguably the key differences between modern and postmodern works. We've been living in postmodernity for over a half century now, but architecture moves a little more slowly than other things because the creatives are at the mercy of financiers who are much more risk-averse. Any decent architecture from the past few decades pays attention to the surrounding context, and often incorporates local cultural, historical, and environmental elements.