Can someone talk to me about architecture, I am deprived of enrichment
Was discussing architecture with my spoose recently because we took the train downtown and architecture inevitably comes up in conversation when one is in downtown Chicago. He said he read that ornamentation is starting to come back into fashion, which we agreed would be a huge improvement over the minimalist glass-and-steel style that's dominated for the last several decades and has produced a couple interesting buildings and a lot of boring ones. What's your opinion?
Meis Van Der Rohe caused irreparable damage to skyscraper design, are you seriously telling me that a tower covered in insolated glass looks better than Art Deco or Beaux Arts Towers
Like how is this:
Better than this:
mmmmm gonna defend him a bit i’m afraid. his buildings are cool because they were some of the first ones to have non supportive outer walls, instead it’s like all glass. which personally i think looks pretty but ALSO the glass is slowly turning amber over time which i also think is pretty. he has a lot of subtle references to ancient greece like his use of bronze, marble interior, etc. aesthetically it’s not my absolute favorite but i would take it over venturi.
I know his work is important and impressive, and i do agree there is merit to it, I just personally don't like the look of his work very much
Mies Van der Rohe was a great architect spoiled by his copycats. Mixed architectural neighborhoods are my favorite and I want to see more experimentation in style. Unfortunately, everyone who saw a glass clad skyscraper immediately nutted and decided that every piece of new construction had to imitate it.
My hot take is that I unironically like the look of 432 park avenue, it looks like it’s blender bones and that’s awesome. The fact that a bunch of rich people are fighting over it is a bonus but I genuinely thing that as a piece of architecture it’s nice to look at.
Yeah, I think part of my issue with the work of Van Der Rohe is that is has been mimicked so thoroughly that it has little uniqueness, I think I could like the international style more if it stood out like it did in the 60s
