Postmodern Architecture - definition of architectural style

What is Postmodern Architecture?

Estimated period of occurence (1970 - 2011)

Postmodern architecture began as a movement on late 1970s and continues to influence present-day architecture. Postmodernity in architecture is generally thought to be heralded by the return of "wit, ornament and reference" to architecture in response to the formalism of the International Style of modernism.