The Middlebrow Dismissal is my least favorite pattern on HN, especially when the comment author has not read the article. The article disclaims, right after th

The Middlebrow Dismissal is my least favorite pattern on HN, especially when the comment author has not read the article. The article disclaims, right after the first paragraph, that it's describing classic architectural principles that don't always apply to modernist / postmodernist architecture. Of your two counterexamples, - One is a canonical example of modernism - One is a medieval castle... Btw Fallingwater does have balance and doesn't have excessive voids. Balanced does not mean mirror symmetrical. The article covers that as well.