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Thursday, February 08, 2024

Our Ugly Architecture

 You get used to the ugly architecture that afflicts so much of American life: schools that look like prisons, post offices that resemble something out of the Gulag, high rises that have only one merit: height.

The main library in Phoenix looks like a giant air conditioning unit.

There were people who applauded it.

How often do you see architecture that inspires or uplifts?

2 comments:

  1. Sippican Cottage is doing some wise dissertations re architecture. Excellent reading.

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  2. Jean,

    Thanks! I'll check it out.

    Michael

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