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Did you know that there's a cultural battle going on right now in American architecture? I didn't. Here's something about that: "A Return to Beauty", by Theodore Dalrymple (February 29th, 2020) (www.takimag.com)
posted ago by ReDePloydMayMayVert ago by ReDePloydMayMayVert +174 / -0
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– cilantro 10 points ago +11 / -1

Obama's library and the National Museum of African American History and Culture are two of the ugliest building designs I've seen.

They look similar to African shanty slums hobbled together using sheets of aluminum.

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– TwoPlusTwoEqualsFour 6 points ago +6 / -0

I did some research and fact checked it on Snopes.

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– nufosmatic 1 point ago +1 / -0

Just so you know - he didn't build that...

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– deleted 7 points ago +7 / -0
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– HeavenlyTrumpets 6 points ago +6 / -0

I have heard about this. Yes, I am tired of the plain devolution of beauty being hailed as "modern"... straight lines everywhere... everything white.... plain, plain, plain.... no art, no beauty, no inspiration. Tired of it.

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– V_exodus 5 points ago +5 / -0

I read about this. Not very imaginative to make buildings look institutional.

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– molecularpimpin 5 points ago +5 / -0

Make architecture great again!

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– TwoPlusTwoEqualsFour 3 points ago +3 / -0

Howard Roarke has joined the chat.

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– Foreign_Aid_is_Theft 2 points ago +2 / -0

I loved reading that book.

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– TwoPlusTwoEqualsFour 1 point ago +1 / -0

My wife isn't an avid reader of novels, but she loved all 800 pages, and finished it in no time. Such a good read!

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– Scent_O_Pede 4 points ago +4 / -0

You might like this (from 2017) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GapUEKYLE1o

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– lustmorden 3 points ago +3 / -0

Don't know if they're still up on YouTube, but also "Banishment of Beauty" and "Why Beauty Matters." Same shit happening in all of the arts.

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– TwoPlusTwoEqualsFour 2 points ago +2 / -0

Ayn Rand was right again.

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– johnbillaby 1 point ago +1 / -0

Leftism is cancer.

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