Abstract:The article refers to the capability and necessity of cultural expression of modern architecture, and shows the cultural connotation of modern architecture by means of pursuing disciplinary combination and inosculating tradition and history during the process of cultural architecture design. Transformation between cultural connotation and form and space is quested through the education practice in junior class of architecture at Wuhan University. With the design of Tujia folk custom museum, Luojia academy, library of Tanhualin historic area and theme-based settlement novation, how to utilize variation of space, combination of form and abstract of cultural elements to realize poetic presentation of cultural architecture is explored.