That’s some list of arbitrary rules.. Some of the houses trumpeted as “good” look like econoboxes with a front door and a roof. Some houses claimed to have “be

That’s some list of arbitrary rules.. Some of the houses trumpeted as “good” look like econoboxes with a front door and a roof. Some houses claimed to have “beautiful 1/3 proportions” look tiny even though my eyes can see the second and third floor windows! A hedge line either side of your path to your front door turns your garden into useless wasted space. By contrast the “multi mass” look actually makes the house look bigger and suggests it has multiple disconnected living spaces - which sounds lovely, no need to always be forced on top of each other. What if the “single roof line” aesthetic is an accident? What if it’s from a simpler time when resources to build your farm house were limited so you had to be efficient? Adopting it as some kind of ideal ignores that it might’ve just been practical. It seems taste is personal but criticism is universal. Sanctimonious bastards, get off my over-manicured lawn ;)