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[Arx]

I will not be fooled. That delicate bulb will undoubtedly split open like a corpse lotus and vomit forth a beam of moon-destroying power. Not today, aliens, I'm on to you.

[scriver]

Remind me to post something about buildings later today

[ChairmanPoo]

Remind me to post something about buildings later today

Post something about buildings later today

[Kagus]

This is so sad... Alexa, remind me to post something about buildings later today.

[Rowanas]

We don't have money for building a proper road along the southen corridor (Exeter to Southampton, at least), but we can fund a useless piece of sky-cock in London the life-sucker? When can we cut London off and kick it into Holland?

[scriver]

Well I can't find any good text sources (everything is paylocked) but what I wanted to say is that a guy in Swedish town of Växjö wanted to build two buildings shaped like this and architecture-Sweden went nuts because of the pure gall of not building postmodernist box houses, because architects are awful shells of human beings devoid of any sense of beauty, creativity, or aesthetics.

Luckily, despite the protest of basically everyone in the business, but to the joy of everyone who appreciates buildings, he was given building permit by the state.

But architects still suck.

[Rowanas]

Well I can't find any good text sources (everything is paylocked) but what I wanted to say is that a guy in Swedish town of Växjö wanted to build two buildings shaped like this and architecture-Sweden went nuts because of the pure gall of not building postmodernist box houses, because architects are awful shells of human beings devoid of any sense of beauty, creativity, or aesthetics.

Luckily, despite the protest of basically everyone in the business, but to the joy of everyone who appreciates buildings, he was given building permit by the state.

But architects still suck.

I happen to quite like the sheer, austere, straight sided and pristine style of building.

[WealthyRadish]

Brutalism and the empty post-modern styles get bad raps for looking hideous or stupid, but I actually prefer them to attempts to recreate old styles of architecture. At least the first category are an honest representation of contemporary feelings, while attempts to re-create the past (even if the style is more attractive) comes off as tacky more than anything.

[TD1]

An architecture of aesthetics ought to suffice.

[scriver]

At least the first category are an honest representation of contemporary feelings

No. It is in fact the opposite. People hate it and thinks it sucks. "Tacky attempts to re-create the past" is more in line with and a more "honest representation of contemporary feelings" than shitty box buildings will ever be.

The argument is ridiculous anyway. There's nothing contemporary about shitty box houses. That is the ideal of 50-80 years ago, that's when it was popular and new. Today it is simply tacky attempts to recreate the past.

[Kagus]

I mean, there was that Swedish dude who caused an uproar and had the goddamn mayor come out and yell at him to repaint his house, because he painted the outside in this shifting spectrum "sunset" color scheme.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Complaints from the homeowners association included "They're just not Swedish colors!".


EDIT: Thank you, Alexa.

[Teneb]

I mean, there was that Swedish dude who caused an uproar and had the goddamn mayor come out and yell at him to repaint his house, because he painted the outside in this shifting spectrum "sunset" color scheme.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Complaints from the homeowners association included "They're just not Swedish colors!".


EDIT: Thank you, Alexa.

That's what happens if a region has no major societal problems.

[scriver]

I mean, there was that Swedish dude who caused an uproar and had the goddamn mayor come out and yell at him to repaint his house, because he painted the outside in this shifting spectrum "sunset" color scheme.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Complaints from the homeowners association included "They're just not Swedish colors!".


EDIT: Thank you, Alexa.

First of all, Sweden does not have mayors

Second of all

We don't live in fucking orange juices okay

We just don't

[TD1]

No you just live in swede (turnip) juice.

[SaberToothTiger]

Honestly, I prefer emulating older styles in architecture instead of slamming another soulles cube living block. In a way, a return to what was once considered beautiful could, in fact, represent the feelings of the modern man.