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That would only be true if these were architectural reviews that praised the food prepared in the McMansion's kitchen but didn't address the architecture.

hueving 10y ago
Most people buy homes to live in, not to look at and show off to other people. The majority of your interactions with your own home will be inside of it. None of these articles even acknowledge the fact that these might have nice interiors that offer more conveniences than a 1000 sq ft home built in 1932.
- pavel_lishin 10y ago
  Many of those articles address that very thing, both specifically: http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/151106172346/bergen-county-new-jersey http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/151106172346/bergen-county... http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/150776910526/encino-ca http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/150776910526/encino-ca And in general: http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/150597521816/mcmansions-101-revisited-aesthetics-aside-why http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/150597521816/mcmansions-10...
- theothermkn 10y ago
  It's not about "showing off." It's about whether the structures are inviting or alienating. It's about whether they contribute to the aesthetic of the neighborhood. It's about whether their exteriors sacrifice form for a cheap veneer of ostentation. The elements of McMansions are borrowed, ineptly, from better classes of buildings and then mangled and jumbled together. They make a vague visual promise of quality, and their intent is to be sold. Buildings should, instead, function inside and out to support the life and activities of their residents and those residents neighbors and visitors. The visual function of architecture is not decoration; Architecture uses a visual language that conveys the uses of structures to the community at large, as well as the residents (in a home) or patrons (in a business or public space), so that society can function. And, to say that these homes are not bought to be looked at nor shown off is incredibly naive. The point of them is aesthetics, and that's part and parcel of why they're such travesties. It's why they are degenerate. They're the kind of thing that can only pass to someone who is uprooted from their own culture and history, cannot even rely on even a folk understanding as a guide to what works or does not work architecturally. These are degenerate homes, sold to the degenerate mass of déclassé and rootless consumers.
- wott 10y ago
  If those are not made for showing off, I don't know what they are made for.
- nommm-nommm 10y ago
  McMansions are actually made for showing off to other people as well as living in. The whole point of a McMansion is a pseudo-status symbol. If you actually read her blog she actually does critiques the interiors as well.

hueving 10y ago

Most people buy homes to live in, not to look at and show off to other people. The majority of your interactions with your own home will be inside of it. None of these articles even acknowledge the fact that these might have nice interiors that offer more conveniences than a 1000 sq ft home built in 1932.

pavel_lishin 10y ago
Many of those articles address that very thing, both specifically: http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/151106172346/bergen-county-new-jersey http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/151106172346/bergen-county... http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/150776910526/encino-ca http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/150776910526/encino-ca And in general: http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/150597521816/mcmansions-101-revisited-aesthetics-aside-why http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/150597521816/mcmansions-10...
theothermkn 10y ago
It's not about "showing off." It's about whether the structures are inviting or alienating. It's about whether they contribute to the aesthetic of the neighborhood. It's about whether their exteriors sacrifice form for a cheap veneer of ostentation. The elements of McMansions are borrowed, ineptly, from better classes of buildings and then mangled and jumbled together. They make a vague visual promise of quality, and their intent is to be sold. Buildings should, instead, function inside and out to support the life and activities of their residents and those residents neighbors and visitors. The visual function of architecture is not decoration; Architecture uses a visual language that conveys the uses of structures to the community at large, as well as the residents (in a home) or patrons (in a business or public space), so that society can function. And, to say that these homes are not bought to be looked at nor shown off is incredibly naive. The point of them is aesthetics, and that's part and parcel of why they're such travesties. It's why they are degenerate. They're the kind of thing that can only pass to someone who is uprooted from their own culture and history, cannot even rely on even a folk understanding as a guide to what works or does not work architecturally. These are degenerate homes, sold to the degenerate mass of déclassé and rootless consumers.
wott 10y ago
If those are not made for showing off, I don't know what they are made for.
nommm-nommm 10y ago
McMansions are actually made for showing off to other people as well as living in. The whole point of a McMansion is a pseudo-status symbol. If you actually read her blog she actually does critiques the interiors as well.