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Originally Posted by Circa89
My only concern with modern architecture is the deconstructionist look. I believe that is what it is called. Where someone will place exposed beams on the front of a store and call it an entrance way. I think it looks cool now but in 5 years it will look really dated. We will just look at the steel girders and wires and ask if the developer ran out of money? I know nothing about architecture, all I know is I love walking in downtown Victoria, Montreal or even Toronto alot better than Calgary. I prefer brick and stone to Glass and steel. That being said glass and steel can look great as long as there is plenty of angles and asymmetry to the design. I hate boxes.
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You know lots about Architecture, everyone does. We all live, work, and play in it every day. Unless you live in the woods or a really big field. At times that is the problem with Architects and Architecture. We as a community , at times, have lost touch with the public. Star architects tend to provide designs that only appeal to other architects or some kind of crazy little artistic niche that doesn't connect with the public. That is where I feel we fail as a profession. Architects trying to one up the next Architect. The thing I always find funny is that if you tell someone that you are an Architect they think you are rich. Most Architects make less than a teacher in this country and about the same as a teacher in the US. I am not trying to say that architects should make more than a teacher, I am just trying to put it into perspective.
So to bring this back to the original topic. Architecs are like everone else that enjoys or uses a building. It is a place of work, play, or living. And everyone knows something about architecture.
OK, so after all of that I have lost my train on thought and will try again in the morning. Sleep is my friend.