I've seen many places that were designed "industrial" with various metal parts (conduit, vents, etc) showing; and the people that owned them were very happy wit

I've seen many places that were designed "industrial" with various metal parts (conduit, vents, etc) showing; and the people that owned them were very happy with the look. Good code also doesn't need to "look pretty", it needs to be correct, and maintainable. Preferably maintainable by a less skilled developer with less domain knowledge. Following that logic, the code that follows the pattern of "highly visible and obvious", like the conduit, is probably the better code. All that being said, I prefer simple walls, with conduit hidden inside it. I'm just happy to admit that what I like it not universal, and that other have their own styles.