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Interesting to look at and liveable are orthogonal qualities at best and opposite at worst. One of those is truly important for inhabitants of a building, while
by zemvpferreira 4y ago
Interesting to look at and liveable are orthogonal qualities at best and opposite at worst. One of those is truly important for inhabitants of a building, while the other is truly important to the architect's reputation. I'll let you guess which I think is which.
Personally, I'm tired of architecture being treated as a grotesque form of sculpture.
- frognumber 4y agoOne of these is not like the other. I've been in a few IM Pei buildings, and even worked in one. They were pleasant places to be and functional. I have the utmost respect for him. He's had a few buildings where the function was art (e.g. galleries), so they didn't follow that, but it made sense. He's had a few failures too. But on the whole, I have the utmost respect for him as an architect.
- zemvpferreira 4y agoGood to hear he's one of the orthogonals then :) at least occasionally