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Originally Posted by Jebby
And lifestyles don't change? Architecture can't influence lifestyle?
I bet you if they were able to build a covered plaza that could be used 300+ days of the year, it would be heavily used. Especially when you have 6-10 residential and office towers and a huge mall connected to it giving it life 18 hours a day.
Who wouldn't like a nice plaza where you can have a coffee or a beer in a large open space year round with heaters in the winter, a roof for the rain, and shade in the summer?
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Completely agree. Our architecture and building design looks more suited to California than North West. And it is not just the lack of rain protection (which is sometimes comical - why design a brand new building that has gaps in awnings for no identifiable reason). It is also incredibly bad building insulation (for example, obsession with all glass towers - is it because it is cheaper to build?), poor road/highway and street drainage, poor signage and road markings that are nearly impossible to see in the rain and fog and the list goes on.