From Miko on MetaFilter:
I have a theory about architecture. I think there’s an “uncanny valley” of architecture that draws a visceral hate, not for its stylistic qualities, but for its interaction with people’s lifetimes. Architecture of your parents’ generation or say the time 40 years before you were born up to 10-20 years before the present day, is the most hated, no matter when it was actually built. …
The Victorians tore down a lot of Georgians and Federals in the name of progress, and the 1920s-50s tore down a lot of Victorians.Things have to be around long enough to acquire the patina of “old” before the broad consensus shifts to support them. …
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The new public architecture here in Canada seems to be heavily inspired by the Centennial boom-era International Style
Yeah, this is part of what inspired my theory…it’s been coming back in. Modernism in general (which used be considered embarrassingly dated not that long ago) has had a big resurgence in media design and now interior design. Exteriors seem to sort of lag for some reason.
This incredible church in my city was just town down after a long miserable public discussion.
Popular opinion here is definitely just on the fringe about the style right now – it was nearly even, but the voices saying “this still looks ugly to me” overpowered those who thought it was worth saving. It didn’t help that it was not an easy space to reuse.
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Folks who love and/or hate modernist architecture: the functionmag tumblr might be fun
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Thanks to Gladys We.
