What is the chud obsession in the West with restoring buildings from the 19th century? Do they realize that those kind of buildings were the goyslop of the day back then right?

>>212403227 (OP)
they were healthy and nutritious aryanslop o algo

>>212403227 (OP)
Favstian desire to build

>>212403268
Beautiful, majestic creature and a wonderful house pet.

>>212403227 (OP)
Sorry yours got nuked but the radiation gave you guys anime and sony on the upside .

>>212403268
I thought Faustian was modernist degeneracy

>>212403268
dam nigga

brvtalism is the final redpill

>>212403472
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>goyslop of the day
Not exactly, they were commissioned by wealthy individuals or groups who wanted it to look flashy, and normal people lived in some kind of rickety shack or shoddily built apartment building. The construction landscape is very different now, since buildings get designed and mass produced by developers who don't really care about what the end product looks like, they just want to build it cost efficiently. Of course on the other hand the upside is that now normal people can live in decent apartments as well. But at some point you probably want your town to look nice as well, and those old timey designs still hold up and most importantly fit in with the other stuff around it that wasn't demolished for some 1960s style box

>>212403472
Brutalist buildings age badly

>>212403227 (OP)
True 19th century archutechture was disgusting as well. Shitry neoclasisism everywhere.
Western architechture peaked in the 1600's

>>212403227 (OP)
It's better than what we have now.

>>212403227 (OP)
I like rationalism, it's beautiful and timeless, it seems to come out of a dream or a mirage.
Historical fakes on the other hand are quite cringe

>>212403472
Soul

>>212403227 (OP)
nigga thats buenos aires, its not the west
still looks better without the ads though

>>212403227 (OP)
>west
That photo is from Buenos Aires. And we are afro-amerindian, not western

>>212404271
>implying le west is about whiteness
this is the periphery of the world, you are not western, frognigger

>>212403268
look at him go!

>>212403227 (OP)
it's a universal elite obsession with spending money to distinguish themselves from the poors; and then the poors are obsessed with emulating the rich, so they will copy the new thing until it becomes unpopular.

the ornate details of carved stone in buildings became unpopular, because poor people were buying plaster that looked identical. My poor grandparent's house has all sorts of "fancy" furniture and moldings, made out of plastic and plaster.

The way the elites distinguished themselves was to use custom glass and steel; with novel engineering and fabrication processes that no one else could afford. Of course, you can buy it for a bargain at Home Depot today, so it is ubiquitous and low status now.

Architects have basically run out of new ideas; and are focusing on sucking-off 'heritage sites" now. Which is probably why remodels always try to make the building look like it's from an older era.

>>212403227 (OP)
Same corner in 1922

>>212404271
ngl I thought it was a picture from Bucharest before seeing the black cab

>>212404615
I think some proportions just work, like the golden rule. Like that tower for example, tower with setbacks just look nice, be it church spires or some money laundering apartment tower. I personally like those new New York buildings that emulate the old art deco style with a modern look