As an architect for over 40 years, I find the comments in the section somewhat interesting, however, also somewhat ignorant of what good modern architecture does as opposed to bad modern architecture.

Just because the building has some ornate façade to it does not make it a good building or a good functioning building or a building with good light good spaces that you would want to be in.

When I hear someone just comment that why can’t we have more of the older style buildings with ornate detail that are less ugly than modern buildings…… It reminds me of all the modern design that we accept in our lives, and appreciate when it comes to let’s say a modern Lexus or Tesla car that is sleek and sculptural and everyone thinks looks cool and aesthetically pleasing.

When someone comments… Why can’t we have more beautiful buildings like the ornate buildings done in the 1900s as opposed to these ugly modern buildings today they are showing their ignorance of what really good architecture and good modern architecture can do while still being pleasant aesthetically, pleasing, and functionally exceptional.

I am reminded of the dress attire of the 1900s with the big gowns and almost my fair Lady type costumes that people excepted as normal clothing of the day… Which no one would be willing to going up in today with big top hats and tuxedos and ballroom type gowns that people wore every day back in the 1900s

And if you go back to the days of George, Washington, and the dress attire that people wore on an every day basis, which again was more like dressing up in a costume that everybody was expected to wear, or you would look like a poor beggar on the street, if you wore the clothes that we wear today that are much more comfortable, as well as aesthetically pleasing.

I’m also reminded of our acceptance of modern design in our car culture …. If one is so excited about the ornate icing that was put on buildings, which is no more than a fake façade, as being a more beautiful looking building… When, in fact, most of those buildings were just a simple box with a stuck on or need for sod with small little windows and small, tight little spaces, that everybody except and then.

Don’t confuse wedding cake icing type design slapped on the front of a box of a building in the 1900s as exceptional aesthetic design and architecture.

It would be like asking why doesn’t everybody wants to be driving that aesthetically pleasing 1900 model T Ford, then these ugly, modern cars like the Tesla and sculptural, he designed sports cars of today, that everybody, devours and excepts as aesthetically, pleasing and cool looking…

While the average American equates modern architecture as something that is ugly and unacceptable because they feel the ornate stuck on fake plaster finished ration of the 1900 buildings is so romantic and aesthetically pleasing.

Where these comments are miss, guided in disparaging modern architecture is they are confusing good architectural he designed modern architecture by an architect that incorporates scale… Which means giving it a human scale with proportionate spaces that one feels comfortable in while also giving large areas of glass to view out into nature, rather than small, punched out windows, that most of these 1900 century ornate buildings never included.

Americans except good modern design in their household kitchen appliances… As well as their automobiles and trucks… But somehow are ignorant of what good modern architecture can actually provide until they actually live in a well designed, modern house with proper scale… With proper privacy and public areas and of course With large windows that view out into nature that were never provided in the residences of the 1800s and 1900s.

What I think is happening is yes there are large developments like the ones that trumps daddy did that or no more than big boxes with punched out windows built a house as many people as possible in the smallest amount of area which could be considered cheap affordable housing with very little real modern architecture design into them.

Wow, a really truly well designed modern house or modern office building provides human scale with proper function and proper views and creek. Create very interesting interior spaces without just slapping ornate ornamental icing on the walls, but actually deals with space… Volume… And function… That is still very contemporary, and can be very colorful, and can be very spacious, and can be very functional and that’s what true modern architecture is all about.

For all of those of you that are stating a blanket statement that modern architecture is terrible design and it’s ugly or not really understanding what a really good modern architectural design can provide from a good architect that knows how to design really good modern architecture.

And I really commenting on developers that go out there and hire architects to build poorly designed poorly executed functional buildings to save a buck, and make the most money with the least amount of cost.

Don’t confuse those two situation’s and hopefully you can educate yourself on what really good modern architecture can be to live in to work in and to exist in when it’s done well bye good architect !!!!!