\paperw3360 \margr0\margl0\ATXph11340 \plain \fs20 \pard\tx3255\tx6525\tx9780\ATXts240\ATXbrdr0 \f1 \fs22 Post-Modern architecture came about in Britain in the 1980s as a reactio
n against the bleak shapes of Modernism, the term used for the starkly functional post-war architecture that culminated in Brutalism. Of all the post-modern architects, Richard Rogers is the one who has most successfully emphasised structural features in
his designs, brilliantly reconciling such technical features with visual elegance.\par
\b \cf4 \ATXht13251000 Prince Charles\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , the heir to the British throne, takes an active interest in subjects pertaining to the quality of modern life
, and he has been outspokenly critical of much of LondonÆs recent architecture, advocating instead a return to classical styles. To this end he has actually set up an Academy of Architecture aimed at cultivating the classical aesthetic.\par
