modern buildings vs traditional buildings

More and more change is occuring in the character and appearance of the cities and towns. Some people think that we should build all new buildings in the traditional style to protect cultural identities. To what extent do you agree or disagree?


The increasing numbers of modern buildings make cities and towns more different than before, just like their appearance and character. Some people consider that we should build all the buildings with traditional style in the future in order to protect our culture. However, in my opinion, I do not agree with the argument mentioned above.
Actually, oOn the one hand, as for the technique, not all the types of buildings can be suitable to be build built with traditional style. For example, you must understand the structure of some Chinese traditional buildings, just like the Forbidden City which use used wood as their the major materials. (Chinese Traditional buildings did not themselves use wood to building themselves - the builders/ architechts/designers did.  It would be best to rewrite this sentence to avoid the anthropomorphism). Therefore, we can not use those materials to build skyscraper(s) or some huge stadiums.
On the other hand, to protect cultural identities does we do not need to build buildings with traditional style totally. In my opinion, with the development of society, the culture must be needed need to develop too. Hence, we can combine the element of traditional buildings with modern technology. And there are so many examples to prove this viewpoint, just like the Jin Mao tower which is one of the highest buildings in Shanghai. I should say that the architect designed that building with an element of Chinese traditional building named pagoda, and he use modern materials and high technology to express the appearance of pagoda. Indeed, that was incredible beautiful.
In conclusion, we do not need to build all the buildings with old fashion, on the contrary, we can use new materials and high technology to deduce the traditional culture. I think that would be wonderful.