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Originally Posted by Mr Downtown
Then I guess it was in 1924, also. After all, structural steel and reinforced concrete were readily available.
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Totally disingenuous as always...
It's not about availability of modern technology (though that's a valid theoretical criticism of basically anything post Sullivan with a throwback style), it's about the complete and utter unavailability of old world craftsmanship post WWIi.
You don't get to build "yee olde gothice cathedrale schoole" in 2019 because there is no chance of it being built to any kind of construction quality that would do the style justice. Any attempt to do it with precast would end up looking like you dropped a river north condo tower in the middle of Jackson Park...