Is Modern architecture better than the traditional one?

Modern architecture is characterized by simplification of form and creation of ornament from the structure and
theme of the building. The first variants were conceived early in the 20th century. Modern architecture was
adopted by many influential architects and architectural educators, however very few "Modern buildings" were built
in the first half of the century. It gained popularity after the Second World War and became the dominant
architectural style for institutional and corporate buildings for three decades, covering practically most of the Cold
War era.
Some historians see the evolution of Modern architecture as a social matter, closely tied to the project of
Modernity and thus the Enlightenment. The Modern style developed, in their opinion, as a result of social and
political revolutions. Others see Modern architecture as primarily driven by technological and engineering
developments, and it is true that the availability of new building materials such as iron, steel, and glass drove the
invention of new building techniques as part of the Industrial Revolution.
Although there is debate as to when and why the decline of the modern movement occurred, criticism of Modern
architecture began in the 1960s on the grounds that it was universal, sterile, elitist and lacked meaning. Its
approach had become ossified in a "style" that threatened to degenerate into a set of mannerisms. The rise of
postmodernism was attributed to disenchantment with Modern architecture. By the 1980s, postmodern
architecture appeared triumphant over modernism; however, postmodern aesthetics lacked traction and by the
mid-1990s, a neo-modern (or hypermodern) architecture had once again established international pre-eminence.
As part of this revival, much of the criticism of the modernists has been revisited, refuted, and re-evaluated; and a
modernistic idiom once again dominates in institutional and commercial contemporary practice, but must now
compete with the revival of traditional architectural design in commercial and institutional architecture; residential
design continues to be dominated by a traditional aesthetic.
The whole point about traditional architecture versus modern architecture is that traditions naturally change and
adapt as new materials and new techniques enter into a culture. The problem lies not with change itself, but with
having too fast a rate of change.
The idea that people with traditional skills are made obsolete and useless by new technology is nonsense; and the
reason is that the process of learning a skill is the same for any level of technology. Furthermore, the only real
difference between hand-made goods and mass-manufactured goods is the factor of "universal interchangability".