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The architectural school it's trendy to hate at the moment is Façadism[1], whereby the façade of an older building is preserved, the main structure demolished b
by fredley 8y ago
The architectural school it's trendy to hate at the moment is Façadism[1], whereby the façade of an older building is preserved, the main structure demolished behind it and a modern building built, eventually connecting with the façade so that the new building is 'invisible'.
It's trendy to hate because it supresses opportunities for new interesting architecture to preserve older (but not neccessarily interesting or even good) façades, simply to prevent people moaning about ugly new buildings.
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facadism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facadism