I call that Sim City-architecture. Because no matter how you look at it, or how many design-awards some building and its architects won, it looks all cookie cut

I call that Sim City-architecture. Because no matter how you look at it, or how many design-awards some building and its architects won, it looks all cookie cutted. It's mostly the same similar style the same way you see mostly the same chain stores and franchises downtown, in malls and airports. Utterly boring. But looks good on Instagram with auto-HDRd pretty pictures! edit: Thinking about it, I'm mostly favouring the stuff from the Roaring Twenties as in Art Nouveau/Jugendstil, maybe some Bauhaus, but also some parts of Brutalism/Metabolic Architecture. The buildings and their architecture alone don't account for the atmosphere, the feel, vibe of a place. 'The zoning', or socio-economic distribution of residents also matters. For instance comparison of the Barbican Center in London with its public spaces and water plays is looking nice to stay a while, maybe even living there, if one can afford to. Now compare that to some buildings of Zaha Hadid Architects which may look nice, but sit in what could be a desert for all practical purposes, because the surrounding area has almost no public amenities, or even features unfriendly elements which disencourage staying there. Some stuff of Bjarke Ingels and team is getting this mixture right, I think. Hamburg tries with the Hafen-City, but I'm wary of it. Has some uncanny valley feel to it, is mostly loud, and expensive. Anyways, isn't ready yet and has almost been stopped cold in development because 2008. Maybe it's fun and good in 10 to 20 years time.