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Originally Posted by hauntedheadnc
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.
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If you want to throw out the issue of beauty certainly no one can attest that beauty is universally defined. I find that the light captured in Holl's panels is beautiful. I find that the juxtaposition of the pavilions on the terrrain is beautiful. I find that the dialogue between the new and old building is beautiful. This is just my own vision, if you see no beauty in it then it's fine.
Actually, since most everyone on here is a fan of old buildings and neighborhoods you know what it feels like to talk to people who can't see the beauty of the city. You criticize them for moving to the burbs, you wish there was a way to change their minds. You wish they could see what you see, the sometimes intangible beauty of old urban environments, the benefits the city provides. You would say that you are more enlightened to these issues than those suburbanites and they would think you were crazy. They would say 'Oh, we're just the masses and you're too haughty to live in the suburbs.' Anyone see a parallels to what we're talking about right now? The issues aren't really that different.