Scott just dismisses the cost/money reason. I am certain though, that money and availability/pervasiveness of modern building techniques/materials (non-availabi

Scott just dismisses the cost/money reason. I am certain though, that money and availability/pervasiveness of modern building techniques/materials (non-availability of old techniques/materials) are the key reasons, why such old style buildings are rarely built. Cost and more generally the effort of planning/designing something that doesn't fit the current material/technique mainstream is just disincentive across all layers of the process. Take this [1] example of an old industrial building. I like it and think it's inherently more beautiful than for example the Google headquarter that Scott used as the first example image of his post. Now let me ask: does anybody think that planning/constructing this building today (bricks & mortar) would be less expensive than throwing another boring concrete/glass/metal cube with plain walls and no structure into the landscape? I very much doubt it. [1] https://pixeldrain.com/l/seH4qNcj https://pixeldrain.com/l/seH4qNcj