Critics

Many critics see Deconstructivism as a purely formal exercise with minimal social significance. The fact that many of the Deconstructivist works are made for the elite and are very expensive somewhat clashes with their desire to critique other movements and the conventions of design. Kenneth Frampton even said that Deconstructivism is "elitist and detached", and some architects who are identified with the movement reject their classification.

There also is an issue with the lack of consistency in the movement as the act of deconstruction is not an empirical process but instead is whatever the architect wishes. As time has passed, the philosophical ideas behind the movement have been somewhat lost, resulting in there to be only the aesthetic of deconstruction. Other critics have become concerned that the idea of rejecting the past and having no clear values to replace those lost may have a negative impact on future generations of architecture, especially with Deconstructivism having the tendency to be aggressive to the human senses.

Aftermath

In the time Deconstructivism took off, there was something to battle architectually; Modernism. The architects deliberlately turned away from the straight lines and harmony of its predecessor to introduce something new. Coming out of the Deconstructivism movement, there is not really something for new architects to battle; the environment is entirely different. There is a new obsession of making icons that has arisen, contrary to Deconstructivism. A younger generation is coming in with new ideas and new alternatives, potentially going against the movement that was against the movement before it, but without the focus on being contrary.