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Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn
Caring about architecture is for the wealthy. Most people are more interested about the inside of their home than the outside. You can make your home in the suburbs unique with landscaping. As long as it is a comfortable place to live for you and your family. Thats what most people find important. People who are really into the design and look of their home either have too much time on their hands. Or money is no object. Maybe both. Nothing wrong with liking architecture as a hobby. The reality is most people can't afford to build a unique house.
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True. Money is a big thing, and it's not everybody's cup of tea.
However, because I have grown up surrounded by the architecture industry in Calgary, it is pain-stakingly obvious of just how cheap and unartistic Calgarians can be. They'd rather save a few bucks to use cheaper materials than create a marquee building that puts Calgary on the map. In comparison, the companies I know based in Calgary get way more excited to do work outside of Calgary and Canada, because it seems everywhere else, good architecture is the forefront of a good city. Not here. As long as it stands and can hold people, it's good enough.
For a city with a wealth of money, it's perplexing to see architecture, and more broadly speaking, art, treated this way.