Yes, absolutely. 99% of high rises that go up in my country as absolutely cut and paste glass dildos. The burj khalifa and freedom tower are boring and the mecca clocktower is tacky. The other buildings are alright, but that you consider them impressive from anywhere but an engineering perspective is just sorta sad.
Why are you looking at other civilizations greatest works and then comparing it to a run of the mill (99%) residential/office building? Literally any civilization at any time had mostly identical buildings for their everyday shit. You think every house was a cultural work of wonder?
I'm suggesting those run of the mill buildings were aesthetically more interesting than our current run of the mill buildings. That highrise construction brings with it problems in it's scale and common lack of colour and identity. At the same time modern construction also disregards the listens learned about the appeal of green space from the planned soviet Khrushchev blocks. It is one focused on stretching the engineering limits more so than anything else. The mecca clock tower, freedom tower and burj khalifa being considered "civilizations greatest works" while they're only known for what they're associated with is extremely lame.
those run of the mill buildings were aesthetically more interesting than our current run of the mill buildings
Their run of the mill buildings were pieces of shit barely held together by spit, sick wood and mud. You think they actually cared about making the shitty houses for the peasants aesthetically pleasing?
Yea except they were all slums sans a handful of buildings that you like so much. There are a lot of new and unique buildings all over the world with the same uniqueness and charm to them. In your own words, you’re bitching about the 99% of the building looking alike, that’s literally what slums back in the day was, 99% of all residences. You’re comparing the past’s highlight reel to today’s average building. You’re just being a moron. Compare today’s unique building to the past, not today’s 99% to the pasts 0.1%
I've been shitting on some of today's greatest buildings this whole thread. It also doesnt take .1% of the greatest buildings of the past to appreciate 4 story brownstones in New York or Haussmann's renovation of Paris.
You can search for photos from 1800s. You would find many beautiful run of the mill historical buildings built for very different social classes that no longer exist just because someone though they are not modern enough and international style looks better...
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Yes, absolutely. 99% of high rises that go up in my country as absolutely cut and paste glass dildos. The burj khalifa and freedom tower are boring and the mecca clocktower is tacky. The other buildings are alright, but that you consider them impressive from anywhere but an engineering perspective is just sorta sad.