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For the record: Gothic architecture is fantastic. I may hate "modern" architecture, but I love classical architecture.

Posted by TWuG Oct 19 '10, 20:48

And I see some benefit from "modern" but the context needs to be right. That *thing* that elicited my rage was completely wrong for its surroundings. An insult.

I love art deco, I love gothic, I love greek revival. Styles that work with space and form without assaulting the surroundings.

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I need to see Chartres and Cologne cathedrals some day. You should see the butchery they did on the museum here with a horrible addition - zork Oct 19, 20:56 11
- The problem with all this "modern" stuff is that it ends up looking dated very quickly. - TWuG Oct 19, 21:04 10
  - yeah, they're having those problems, I believe. Here's a pic (warning: you can't un-see this) -- (link) - zork Oct 19, 21:08 [Image] 4
    - Is that The Crystaline Entity attacking it? -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 21:16
    - ugh. -- nm - znufrii Oct 19, 21:16
    - That's like a thumbtack enema. -- nm - TWuG Oct 19, 21:16
    - So wrong. I like both but together I don't. -- nm - lileve Oct 19, 21:10
  - every building is of its age - hachiko Oct 19, 21:07 4
    - Those two places aren't dated they are timeless. You see elements of each in buildings both pre-dating and post-dating them - TWuG Oct 19, 21:14
    - bull. some just don't fit in to their or any other age -- nm - zork Oct 19, 21:11 2
      - nobody would build Notre Dame the way they did then if they were starting from scratch today - hachiko Oct 19, 21:15 1
        
        It isn't about someone deciding to build it from scratch *today*, it's that it has been incorporated into basic architecture from it's creation until - TWuG Oct 19, 21:21

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For the record: Gothic architecture is fantastic. I may hate "modern" architecture, but I love classical architecture.

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