Thread 941889890

why don't humans build nice buildings anymore?

>>941889890 (OP)
cuz they cost money. the above average joe would rather get funding for a parking lot or park even, contract indians for cheap labor then pocket the rest.
i'd do the same tbh.
you also need skilled craftsmen and you can't really import them by the container

>>941889890 (OP)
It is a pain in the ass to keep a building that size warm in the winter. My thousands of dollars for firewood and oil could instead be used for Piper Rockelle's upcoming OnlyFans instead.

>>941889890 (OP)
They are extremely expensive and requires what is essentially slave labor. Plus, they are excessive. Our excess wants are no longer in beauty in objects but in material,things

>>941889890 (OP)
>It took about 182 years to build Notre Dame Cathedral, from the start of construction in 1163 to its completion in 1345
Might have something to do with it.

>>941890260
My point is what organizations have the capital and longevity to even spend two centuries building a building?

>>941890174
How are they excessive?

>>941889890 (OP)
most likely because you are a reactionary or conservative who refuses to look at actual modern architecture, instead defaulting to a rose-tinted nostalgia for structures built in past millennia as a justification for your personal biases.

>>941890309
>Building an exact replica of Notre Dame with modern techniques would likely cost between $900 million and several billion dollars, based on the costs of the current restoration and previous expert estimates.

Too many niggers to feed

>>941890410
>>941890451
slop

>>941890412
1 week's check to ukraine

>>941890594
And it's the most cost-effective way to kill Russians we've ever had. Money well spent.

>>941889890 (OP)
they do, it's just that billionaires who go to epstein island live in them

>>941890563
and there you are, refusing to even look at modern architecture.

but since you appear to be a bible-thumper, have a church.

>>941890587
>>941890737
these evoke no emotion, no feeling, no sense of awe
they are merely gimmicks

>>941889890 (OP)
Because (((they))) want you in a grey cement shitbox to kill your soul. That's why our governments are importing infinity indians to bog down construction.

Look at this modern architecture
>posts Skatepark
Yeah, real pretty...

>>941890280
>what organizations have the capital and longevity to even spend two centuries building a building
Well apparently most of humanity a few hundred years ago

>>941890802
that sounds like you have a set of blinkers which you have deliberately strapped to your mind, blinding you to only seeing "awe" or "emotion" from the old.

>>941890737
We should at least make art, that building is gay

>>941891002
No, you're just retarded. Face it, kiddo, he's right and it's a shame you wern't bombed on the day of the hang glider.

>>941891036
Looks good

>>941889890 (OP)
same reason people dont make beautiful art anymore. THE JEWS HAVE WON. they have destroyed our culture and turned it into vapid nothingness of consumption.

>>941890410
Man that shit is ugly. I am a reactionary thought.

>>941889890 (OP)
Theres still projects like that that come up every now and again

>>941889890 (OP)
because capitalism.
because capitalism demands return, short payback period, rapid profitability.

Cheap and fast are the way! And don't forget kickbacks and bribs! And forget safety. Because the builder will be gone or changed their name.

>>941891908
This.

>>941889890 (OP)
Caulking was invented

>>941892014
I read somewhere that if private companies had been responsible for connecting all households to running water at the beginning of the 20th century, not all buildings would still have water connections today.

>>941890985
wow it's almost as if things aren't the same now and that's why those sorts of projects don't happen now
>>941890737
We're not refusing to look at it. We have looked and come to the conclusion that it sucks.
muh post modern minimalist waveform is not a good look for a building.

>>941889890 (OP)
Ultimately it's because work is simply work.
There's no pride or sense of legacy because no one actually cares about the work anymore. When work is diluted with so much meaningless shit and abstraction, there's no push for a legacy.

Because nobody builds their building with a sense of the local style and spending extra to make it look nice, nobody does it. There's also no point because ultimately you're going to have advertisements stuck onto it.

>>941889890 (OP)
Dopamine disregulation that can be further parted out into pieces. For example we're so inundated with noisy (in the visual sense) things on our screens that visually looking at yet more noisy things causes fatigue. 100 years ago that noise would be a feast for the eyes, and while something like a cathedral still is? Home interiors are more "modern" or rather visually simple to give the brain breathing space to process. There's also the matter of focus, especially collective focus, and that's part of the reason why internet use has blossomed and flourished with all sorts of utility and functionality, things to see, things to experience... meanwhile people find real life to be rather dull by comparison. So less focus and effort on making elaborate buildings and more focus and effort making and using things online.

etc.

>>941892677
Take your meds

>>941889890 (OP)

They do but in china or maybe Dubai.

>>941890412
>between $900 million and several billion dollars,

Modern societies expend similar amounts of money but they build functional objects not temples. Rockets, Bridges, tunnels , Airports , Train lines.

>>941896747
what you basically say is rich people still do it.
examples are endless

>>941890410
>>941890451
>>941890587
>>941890737
KILL YOURSELF

>>941897133
Why do they call it a ballroom when it's clearly a dining room?

>>941897190
is it? I have no idea.

>>941897133
>rich people still do it.

yes it was clearly poor people who funded the cathedrals in europe or the pyramids.

>>941889890 (OP)
There are various reasons, but the main culprits are these 4 human excrements

they should be whipped or burned alive

>>941889890 (OP)
Architectural wonders don't give the same national propaganda return as they used to.

>>941897756
but a cathedral is for all people, anon.
and visiting the pyramids is also accessible for all.