I think there is a fair dose of irony in your value judgement of her value judgement of the buyers' value judgement of McMansions. Her main points are basicall

I think there is a fair dose of irony in your value judgement of her value judgement of the buyers' value judgement of McMansions. Her main points are basically unified theme and form follows function and how McMansions often break those rules (a hodgepodge of different elements, columns too large for the things they support). Her blog also informs fundamentals of good taste in architecture. It's no different from learning what makes a classical painting good or good pacing in movies.