@thefrub
Well said, I really liked the point about beauty being a sum of the parts. Some people find suburbs beautiful, some people find concrete beatiful
@hamzaraof
you cannot imagine how much i missed your videos. hope to see more of them
@TordenPaws
Working in many offices in Oslo I cannot understand why they keep building them. they sit mostly empty. meanwhile the lack of housing is out of control
@standardizedshipping
I am so so glad you're back to posting! We need more people talking about architecture!
@michaelhuntley6175
While I tend to agree with many of the broad strokes here I'm certainly not committed to your thesis in its entirety and tend to be rather doubtful of your full conclusion regarding how cohesive a build-scape needs to be, nor necessarily what may actually be good. 19:44 is actually a very interesting and fun building and is deserving of being in it own interesting place. I'd hate to have a city full of it but having one or maybe two in a municipality or region makes them a fascinating and interesting thing to visit or be around. They're a natural and interesting focal point in a way that the building at 3:00 isn't, or its proposed replacement at 3:17. You seem to be really hung up on having only one style of building in any given streetscape and while you thankfully admit that the uniformity shown in 17:10 and 19:59 is bad your counter-examples end up being so monotonous that they almost take the place of the same non-place architecture that the modern developers build; just with a bit more ornamentation. There's little to anchor or give them a sense of place all over again; whereas if you have a Gaudi or other building that shows up one or two to a street you have local landmarks and interesting things that break up the space. C+, please keep at it.
@ruthenium6648
I think beauty is installed into us in some ways too. The reason why we prefer historical architecture might be because of the fact we associate them with fairytales and movies that we've seen, that's at least one of the big reasons I like historical architecture. The first time I saw half-timbered houses in Germany, I couldn't believe what I was looking at, it was like I stepped into a fantasy world, and from there on, I slowly started to view all historical architecture as their own form of picturesque. Usually I use terms like "quaint" and "cozy" to describe them, because in my mind I imagine the people inside to live perfect fairytale lives, even though that's probably not always the case.
@benjaminyaary8419
It's pretty simple to me to be honest, at least to start. A beautiful city is one with variety within a set of boundaries, and that emphasizes important buildings over the mundane. Lastly, local, more natural materials should be prioritized over materials such as concrete, metal and glass.
@Thanos_Kyriakopoulos
Historians won't look at our buildings because they're built to last for a century, and that's being optimistic.
@T-90M
"regardless of architectural style, we should always strive for beauty. However, only my favourite architectural style is beautiful, therefore more classical architecture everywhere is objectively the best way to go."
@LaLaLoaded
Welcome back, I really missed your videos! Hope you've been well!
@pigeon_the_brit565
this is a fantastic video that deserves way more views
@Rahshu
I'm afraid everything in this went way over my head and I had no idea what you were talking about, yet the beautiful buildings you pointed out (and the ugly ones) I agreed with. While the philosophers make no sense, it's weird how people seem to be able to just call out "beautiful" or "ugly" at a glance with a seemingly high degree of agreement. That is interesting to me, and I'd love to know why that happens. It's like it's an intuitive response.
@somerandomguy6028
Modernists like to dismiss concepts like beauty as irrational irrelevancies to the pure function of a building. What they overlook is that beauty and historical continuity are themselves a function.
@LiamBleu
Another brilliant video, keep up the amazing work! Hopefully some of these principles make their way into Australian planning and building practice
@edethormaehlen
Wuhu! Endlich wieder ein neues Video. :)
@genericyoutubecommentnumbe1946
hey I just binged your videos and I must give you my highest praise! I was an architecture student and my whole reason of quitting was an architectural landscape of ether bland or overly expressive buildings. I studied at the TU in Berlin and all my professors taucht us to be the one to stand out. you would get shamed for admitting for wanting to follow the harmony of the established buildings in the area. Needless to say it was unbearable, but your video gave me hope for architects of the future... hopefully they will find their way to the masses again.
@SisterSunny
you're back!! Your videos are always so high-quality, and this one is just as good!
@Simon-cd1ui
I’m not sure if I agree with the point in 14:22. London is a place where every building is craving attention on its own and where you can see modern and classical, artsy and uniform, old and new, buildings with all sorts of appearances and cultural styles in a cramped up and dense space. Maybe this is my personal opinion, but I think, that London has somehow done this varied look in a such a pleasant and brilliant way and it works together much better than other cities I know that have tried to mix different styles unsuccessfully. London is a proof that it is possible to put buildings unique to each other in style in one place and still create a pleasant and timeless environment. And this is coming from a person who holds resentment towards most modern architecture, yet London is an exception. I’m open for discussion.
@Takeawayjustin
Its been a year i thought the channel waa abandoned was a suprise to see this
@thehaussmann