TY - JOUR N2 - Architecture seems to be a way of memorizing events, people, customs, thus becoming a storehouse of the past for the future, an element of culture. The architectural tradition has developed a range of forms suitable for a particular function and location. Does modernity pose a threat to their aesthetics? The paper reflects on style in architecture and addresses the sense of its existence in the time of contemporary challenges. It pays special attention to monuments as they describe the history and contemporaneity of architecture. The research may bring an answer to the question of whether contemporary architecture can be monumental, even if it does not express the traditional language of construction. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/122364/PDF-MASTER/2021-TEKA-14-Kozlowski-Poczatko.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/122364 PY - 2021 EP - 248 DO - 10.24425/tkuia.2021.138713 KW - style KW - architectural styles KW - monumental style KW - contemporary monumental architecture A1 - Kozłowski, Tomasz A1 - Początko, Marek PB - Oddział PAN w Krakowie VL - vol. XLIX DA - 2022.02.03 T1 - On monumentalism — the problem of style and stylishness in architecture SP - 237 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/122364 T2 - Teka Komisji Urbanistyki i Architektury Oddziału Polskiej Akademii Nauk w Krakowie ER -