Useful! I live in a neighborhood of mixed age houses and it is interesting how many of newer houses make me wince. This article helps me understand why. They la

Useful! I live in a neighborhood of mixed age houses and it is interesting how many of newer houses make me wince. This article helps me understand why. They lack harmony with themselves and their surroundings because of these failings. But here's another thing. I think these criteria (which are based in couple thousand years of western design principles) all fundamentally rely on the restraint of self-expression in favor of impersonal principles. Lots of the asymmetry and weird bulkiness I see around me seems to come with an attitude of 'Hey ma, I'm expressing myself!' Asymmetry is like loud, brash rock music. As I've gotten older I'm bored with a lot of the crudeness that is passed off as self expression and I wish for more restraint. Fat chance, I know.