[Mad_as_heck]

Of course it would be unthinkable to create affordable housing with any taste, charm, or reference to Britain’s historic architectural forms. Dehumanizing Bauhaus-style ugliness and banality represent the only possible aesthetic.

You mean, like something that average people might actually want? But that would cut down on the snob appeal and elitism! They don't want anything the common folks would like.

I went to architecture school for five long and frustrating years from 1992 on. God help the poor student who tried to present anything that didn't look "postmodern" enough. A concern for context and tradition? How trite and backward. Ego and pretentiousness are the main thing.

I actually think this a great idea. It would be a greater idea if they asked the public what they wanted. Art stopped being art IMHO when it stop being about creating beauty and instead became a celebration of the self.

Art has detached itself from the public. Until it reconnects it won't make much of an impact on the world.

[bruinbirdman]

"Art stopped being art IMHO when it stop being about creating beauty and instead became a celebration of the self."

So, you didn't read Ayn Rand until after you enrolled, eh.

yitbos

[RipSawyer]

I read years ago that genetic engineering would one day allow us to plant and grow a house, that is the house I want!