Monday, February 22, 2010

Lileks on the joys of modern architecture

From the inestimable James Lileks.

One of the things I love about modern architecture is the way it radiates a warm, almost intimate sense of humanity:



Read the whole thing. Disturbingly, modernist architecture tends treats buildings as if they were primarily a means for artchitects to express themselves, and the people who have to work, study, and live in them as uninvited party-crashers at a private art gallery.

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