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Maybe London should stop allowing "architects" to design these modern mostroserties, and instead design classical buildings that will both stand the test of tim

• nemo44x 4y ago
  Awful idea and quite reactionary. There’s no reason to design buildings that look like old buildings unless you’re doing a renovation. We have different materials that allow us to build to heights we couldn’t before. We lack the craftsmen to build authentic facades from that era so we’d end up with ignorant pastiches of old buildings. Tastefully intermingling the old with the new is difficult to do at times but the results are magnificent. See The Louvre for example.
  • TheOtherHobbes 4y ago
    Tastefully intermingling the old with the new is exactly what isn't happening. I don't think a return to the classics is the answer, but some cities manage to handle modernism without clashing with tradition, and London very much isn't one of them. Worse, these buildings are going to have a very limited working life compared to the older architecture around them. A century is optimistic.
    • nemo44x 4y ago
      The Walkie Talkie isn’t great and it sort of lacks dignity for London’s skyline. But I think other recent structures such as city hall, the shard, and the gherkin all work.
• orwin 4y ago
  Also since the late 2000, regular architect do a real good job designing "classic" mid-rise buildings with terrace and enough light in all apartments that : - Are well insulated, - Are nice to live in, - Take into account orientation (sun and stuff), - Are a lot better looking than the previous mid-rise buildings, with maybe the exception of old 19th century construction (this is a taste thing, i personnally dislike Haussman and Victorian style, but i like Le Baron Jenney). Which make "great" architects designs worse i think (by comparison).
• kingkawn 4y ago
  Things have gone bad once, let’s bury our heads in the sand and never change again!