Modern architecture represented a complete break with the decorative, commemorative architecture of the past and a thorough-going reform in the name of reason, balance, and practicality.
現代建築系針對現代生活、現代技術、現代材料，所作的徹底改革。它們尊重材質特性，講求理性、平衡、合理、實用，完全與過去著重裝飾或紀念性的的建築絕緣，一改現代都市的面貌。