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Originally Posted by realm0854
But, having said that, since so few people really appreciate Modern Architecture, it is astonishing that even a few exciting buildings get built in America at all. That is why I support these architects even when their buildings may not be 100% successful when realized. I think the fruits of their years of work have meaning and it would be a shame if no art benefactors or cultural institutions would provide them the opportunity to see their ideas built.
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No, what's truly astonishing is that despite the fact that modernism is reviled and hated nearly universally, architects refuse to consider that there is a world outside their Gehry-inspired, shapeless, formless high-concept ivory tower, and that they're not living in it. They absolutely insist on building boring and ugly structures, refuse to acknowledge that they're boring or ugly, and then play the more-enlightened-than-thou card and tell us their buildings aren't boring and ugly; we, the members of the unwashed masses, are just too stupid to appreciate them.