[mhays]

Office buildings are designed to meet pro formas, with aesthetics far down the list of priorities.

The same executives go home to...houses that resemble past styles, even if many were done poorly. Why do you suppose that is?

I don't know where you get this McDonalds analogy. Attractive styles can be well-built, sustainable, etc., just like any other. I don't like the cheap knock-offs either.

Read my "whacky museum" sentence again. I suggested that we often like them. I do.