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The good thing about old European cities is they weren't designed for cars and they've grown organically. The Prince of Wales has been attempting to build a new

• ugh 16y ago
  As much as I love the Renaissance buildings in my hometown (which are actual Renaissance buildings), building old looking stuff just seems, well, kitschy. The whole effort seems to at least partly be a bona fide cargo cult ;-) It’s very much possible to build high density walkable towns using contemporary architecture [+]. You don’t have to fake it. [+] http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/science/earth/12suburb.html?_r=3&em http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/science/earth/12suburb.htm...
  • Vivtek 16y ago
    Speaking for myself, architecture that doesn't look like glass shoeboxes is anything but kitschy. Although I'll give you the cargo-cult point. I just saw some new construction going up in Budapest along the river that is based heavily on the 19th-century architecture of much of the rest of the city. It still has a couple of airy glass walls, but some of the building was good solid brick with the staggered stone window facing that's so typical of most of Pest. I thought it was fantastic. (My wife, the Hungarian, was unimpressed; indeed, I'm not even sure she understand what point I was trying to make about it. Ah well.)