Analysis of architectural modernity and traditionality concepts

People hold a long-lived concern for modernity which originated in Europe in the late 19th century with exceedingly remarkable industrial results.Since western society has such different characteristics,that modernity has been a comparable model(at least a standard) for developing countries.Now modernity research focuses on urbanization of developing countries,making researchers consider the relationship between modernity and tranditionality by a new definition and bringing a new vision for observing complex relationship between modernity and traditionality in architectural theory.First,this paper not only reviews the concepts of modernity and modernization in the Western context of the 20th century,but also tries to reconstruct the relationship between modernity and tradionality on the level of epistemology.Secondly,by analyzing from the perspective of modern architecture it presents either the colourful folk culture or regional traditional architecture as an old-time ghost which shall be removed,while a vivid cultural feature which can be continued.Last but not least,the paper gives a conclusion-traditionality and modernity are not of binary opposition.Tradition not only belongs to the past,but also becomes modernized increasingly to match modernity.So,various non-Western and regional knowledge frameworks is given an equal place so that they have chances to develop and learn from one another,contributing to construction of a more sustainable,fairer,culturally and ecologically more colourful world.