Why has all architecture been complete shit for the last 20 years? At least in 80's and 90's we had fun cubic designs and brutalist concrete fortresses, the last 20 years have been knockoff IKEA garbage that looks like shit.
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>>536398252>Why has all architecture been complete shit for the last 20 years?It's all been shit for 100 years, 80 years if I'm being generous.
Do you think this is better?
>>536398252Cheapest materials, cheapest labor, pack as many rats into a cage as possible, delete nature, charge a fortune
>>536398470Not the best but yes, that is better
>>536398252Architecture before Jew rat invasion
>>536398314Fpbp
>>536398252Would you say that about my brown 1970s terraced house?
>>536398252What's fucked up is I can't even guess where that is because this disgusting box shit has been spammed across the world. The only clue here is palm trees.
>>536398252not that bad if you desaturate the bazinga bright colors
>>536398470Yes.
>>536398252the same reason all the cars on the road are varying shades of grey. i'm not going to cry "muh capitalism" but we're in a state whereby everything is about optimising as much cash flow as possible. the human, soul aspect of our society is long gone, everything simply exists to extract value, not better your life. such hideous architecture exists because we are fragmented as nations on both a personal and cultural level. it's essentially what happens when a state turns into an economic zone (i hate that buzzword but it's apt for this discussion).
>>536398470This is a functional, normal design. Its no great beauty but its not hideous either. Modern design is profoundly hideous.
>>536398252Most of them are expensive pods filled with foreign specialists.
>>536398470Better? Probably not. Affordable? Probably.Guess which one I would move into
>>536398252> At least in 80's and 90's we had fun cubic designs and brutalist concrete fortressesThe average house built in the 1980's:
>>536398947I don't understand why NEETs want me to hate this type of building
>>536399509Well the Bible says in the last days men will be lovers of money.
Every time I see one of these buildings I think about the people who live there:-Senior citizens who are watching OTA television-Dirty niggers on Section 8 and food stamps-People who fell for the "luxury" in the luxury apartments adand in several of these apartments, the following scenario is playing out:A girl who is a 6, at best, is laying on her back in her bedSome beta weakling is licking her pussyShe's starting to tremble, about to cumShe wishes she was prettier but she's notShe cums, releasing even more pussy fluids into her honeypotThe beta stands up, puts on a condom, and pumps inside her for two minutesDribbles his cum into the condomShe goes back to watching One Tree HillHe goes back to playing Roblox
>>536401374look, as a Christian I will say this to you. it took me a long time to understand how money corrupts people but since finding my way back to God, I have been able to notice that people who ONLY focus on money (and its ramifications) tend to harbour real evil. for example, the types that like to tattle on a bad worker (such as a barista) to their higher-ups and extracting a gratification over "ruining" someone's livelihood. We are living in some really fucked up times. Stay safe, anon.
>>536398252It's called 'keyword architecture'Private equity firms trolled millions of real estate sales listings and assigned scores to specific feature keywords like 'granite', 'balcony', 'modern', etc. They ran huge computer simulations to pinpoint the specific features that consumers wanted that would bring them the most profit, and design their construction projects to maximize those features at the expense of all others. All the PE/REITs are using the same computer models, which is why all the new construction looks the same
>>536398470I would prefer the bottom floor be dedicated to commercial/retail, dedicated residential buildings in dense areas cause blight without ground floor tenants
>>536401634>>536401634Private equity has tricked builders into including home features that people like into the builds >:((((( grrrrr
>>536401928>private megacorporations make everything look like shit>"umm acktchually this is a good thing" says the retarded leftist troon
>>536401698That, but also:- reduce height (half or less... a person on the top balcony should be able to converse with someone at street level. Anything more isn't human-scaled)- reduce width- multiple similar buildings built wall-to-wall next to it- central isolated courtyard- subterranean parking - traditional architectural style, not bland utilitarianismGround floor commerce isn't necessary in every building, and there isn't anywhere near the demand for that much commercial space, but the basic idea is correct. There should always be commercial spaces within a couple blocks walk, and commercial areas should always be combined with residential spaces on higher floors.
>>536402203I'm so mad that my apartment has a balcony (which is something most people want)Life is so le HECKIN bad now
>>536402378Explain to me in real physical terms why souless globohomo architecture is a prerequisite to having a balcony
>>536401928These buildings usually have paper-thin walls so you can hear everything your neighbor does, often leak like sieves due to shitting construction methods, lack central courtyards or other quality of life features due to maximizing square footage for max profit, have extortionate fees and dues, shit quality elevators that are constantly breaking, basically everything is sacrificed for those crucial 3 promo images you see on the property listingAnd they ALL have section 8 units in them for guaranteed nigger crackhead neighbors roaming the halls at all hours of the day and night
>>536402536You're the one who said that, retard.You're sperging out about businesses doing market research and providing people features that they like in homes.Why is that bad?
>>536402602Right so they're being built s they literally always have beenZoomies act like businesses only just in 2016 discovered that they can make things more cheaply in order to save money on production costs
>>536402627Im upset that private megacorporations have forced broad adoption of souless architecture because an algorithm told them it would make them slightly more moneyHow, in any way, is this supposed to be justifiable to you? The right wing is upset that our culture is being replaced by corporate slop, the left wing is upset that megacorporations are colluding against the common man in an exploitive manner. Why would you defend this in any way? Again, I don't need my apartment to look like a Clipart stock image to have a balcony. Ive lived in plenty of apartments with balconies and all the amenities and they didnt look like a Sketchers store.
>>536398252hyper-normalization and hyper-functionality. you don't build palaces for dumb cattle meant to only live for a few years until slaughtered, you build temporary functional contraptions which can be replicated and replaced easily.
In Singapore the government owns 80% of the housing stock to control real estate prices. Its not an investment.
>>536398252Everything looks like gay Boston. Oooo do you like half of you building having wooden sides and ugly balcony and the rest cement. Definition of an eye sore.
>>536402798> How, in any way, is this supposed to be justifiable to you? How is private equity doing market research to guide builders into making things people want justifiable? Is this a bit you're doing now?
>>536401196They can't afford it and they subconsciously associate it with the urban middle class that lives in those buildings and that they resent. >>536402602I can't say in the US but everything you say is wrong in Europe. Even if you don't like their looks those buildings are ultra-functional in terms of insulation (thermal or acoustic), parking, elevators, etc. I have lived a long time in buildings from the 17th century that are indeed dysfunctional by modern standards and with higher costs of everything. I understand preferring the latter but there is no need to make things up.
>>536398252Cheap 'n cheerful is an old strategy when times are turning.
>>536403302Are you pretending to be retarded or are you genuinely dense
>>536403407The only building standards that exist in Weimerica are how much money you donated to the political party which controls the permitting office. Insulation and other features are not even tested or if they are the builders can easily acquire a 'variance' if they know somebody
>>536401634Its this for the asthetics but the materials, size and overall shape are dictated by RE investment yeilds and maximizing profit. The more units and square footage packed into them the better. These are also a very hot development product tifht now due to the way builder financing works and how easy it is to overestimate earnings potential via rent rates and vacancy. There is a big bubble forming in these. It's USAs version of ghost cities. >t. Works in commercial real estate
>>536398252>Why has all architecture been complete shit for the last 20 years?Modular construction systems being the dominant material for building.No new design paradigm in schools or IRL.Older, classier design paradigms ignored in architecture schools other than functionalism.Clients paying for the bare minimum.Clients having bad taste.Arts being erased from Architecture study plans.Architects being trained for quantity of spaces and projects, not inherent visual qualities or craft.Architects already being burned-out since graduation day.Architecture school is designed to filter everyone but the draftsmen who ask no questions, the study plan are almost always made by settled architects who want efficient workers, not rival designers.
>>536403407It's very different in America. These are slop cattle boxes. UK home prices are just so crazy these seem good. Which they are perfectly fine if they weren't $2k/mo. These are the cheapest form of construction we have other than trailers.
>>536398252you gotta pay more money for things if you have more than 4 floors.
>>536405032It's really just fiat currency and secularism. Paying trades proper wages to build beautiful structures isn't possible when chasing yields and having a culture without religion.
Architecture has been shit since 1919. I have old press photos of Cincinnati from the 1930s and earlier and it blows contemporary cities out of the water
>>536398252It's psychological warfare
I like this new modern minimalist architecture than whatever the fuck they built i. The 1970s and 80s, 80s was probably the worst as was the fashion and cilture and everything in the u.s. having said that I like brutalist, futuristic, retro futuristic, minimalist, minimalist natural etc.. i appreciate a lot of different architecture just not the shitty 80’s ones.
>>536401147This is a 1960s built house. Maybe even 1950s. Not probably a 70s house.
>>536407838Raised ranches were extremely popular from the 1950's until the early 1990's. I live in one almost identical to it built in 1986. There are 6 in my neighborhood built around the same time.
>>536398314This. Soulless jews.
>>536398252>Flat roofsCrazy how it took off here too. A insurance company in the news estimated that they had 50% more claims from flat roofed houses compared to traditional roofs.Eight year old buildings are suffering water damage for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
>>536398470Guaranteed the units are bigger and better constructed, nothing is built to last anymore
