It’s one thing to write in the abstract about the theoretical differences between traditional and modernist architecture, and to study pictures and diagrams of traditional and modernist buildings. But it’s only when you encounter the two architectures starkly juxtaposed ‘in the wild’ that you are really struck by the living difference between them, not only in the buildings themselves but in their effect on the atmosphere of the place. As in the example of the two buildings shown below, the photos of which were taken by standing in the exact same spot, but facing in opposite directions.