... manifest in an emphasis upon visual images over words- (Featherstone, 1991). Postmodernism also beckons a partial return to premodern values in the appreciation of heritage while doing so in a modern context. Featherstone expresses the resulting synthesis as follows; "The postmodern city is therefore much more image and culturally self-conscious; it is both a centre of cultural consumption and general ... or less authentic period materials at minimal costs allowing for the surge in eclectic designs borrowing' as it were elements from classical architecture for instance, and combining th...

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