ABSTRACT
The traditions of the mandala bring architecture into sharp relief as interpretation. What of contemporary architecture? The modern movement in architecture eschewed the past. It looked to modern technology for focus and inspiration, and put its trust in a utopian future determined by technological progress. The ‘post-moderns’, in reaction, reaffirmed the relevance of the past, sought to preserve some measure of historical continuity, and tended to be less credulous concerning the inevitability of technological advance to a perfect world.
