Rather like the concept of "post-industrial" we can indulge in the idea of postmodernism because overt "advance" through large scale works and transformation is elsewhere.

Furthermore, technology is now policed by the western worlds' suspicion: see for example the recent North Korean explosion anxiety.Hydro electric dam blasting or nuclear test?

In Denmark, the modern has delivered clear benefits associated with quality.
In Scotland - with the same population - modern = cheap.
Modern materials and construction provided apparent solutions to pressing problems rather than genuine innovation.

The archives are teeming with titles like "The Future of Glasgow", "Glasgow 1980", and 'Glasgow's Housing".

There is no film called 'Edinburgh's Future": it doesn't need one on the terms being discussed.