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Trump Administration Wades Into Design Criticism with Executive Order
As an architect I support this and believe that this should not be perceived as a political issue. I also believe that harmony and beauty are attributes that should be considered. I believe all types of architecture can fall short of these qualities. In particular civic architecture should be held to a high standard above others in its role of who it represents and its support to the context in which it is built. In urban contexts, the building should support and build up the community and not be just a signature piece of art. I believe it is much harder for Brutalist architecture to achieve these attributes, and the examples built so far have not been successful.
What I like in architecture, or consider 'beautiful" in it may not be the same as your ideals, even if you are an architectural professional. Nearly no architect ever paid for a building themselves, they work for clients with different needs and tastes, who hold the purse strings. in the case of public buildings (sorry, elite architects and Whitehouse officials) it really is up to those who will pay for and use the buildings - citizens who will use it, employees and contractors who will work there, etc. The architect's job is to find the best path to the best building while considering the many stakeholder's needs plus the economic and energy-use outcomes for public buildings. The Whitehouse has no business in prescribing the style of these buildings, they do not belong to the administrators, who are temporary leaders, theoretically in service to the people.
It’s not America if it doesn’t look like a Disney World x McMansion cliche with fake roof profiles and columns?
之前还以为懂王乱喷,说说而已,没想到离任前真签了啊。建筑师对自己作品能否被采纳的权重不高,哪哪都一样,特别是涉及公共建筑。若干年后各地都是“新古典”的市政厅,倒也算是Political heritage? 统计学意义上的审美意义不大,或者说要真按照大多数人喜欢品味去营造建筑一定是建筑界的灾难。新古典和现代建筑,都是历史产物,不管你怎样赞成与反对,现代建筑的内核依然是“现代主义”的,哪怕你贴再多的“古典”元素,究其立场,“build for public”本身和古典、新古典就是相对的观念。
The only two tasteless buildings on this list are The Corpus Christi Federal Courthouse and Tuscaloosa Federal Building and Courthouse... these seem less like buildings and more like parodies.
Still no fan of Brutalism, but thanks to this great design podcast I do appreciate it more.
https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-smell-of-concrete-after-rain/
That said, ... I think this probably means Federal Government buildings should be build green :-)
Yes please! This is an excellent idea. No more concrete monstruosities built with tax payers money.
if that order had come from someone with any taste, or any brains, or motive besides wholesale corruption ... it might be worth discussion. the moment it comes from trump's brain ... you can automatically discount it, ridicule it, and assume it's an illegal way for him to steal money from