I had just had a similar conversation with someone last week about why we no longer "can" build the Roman Colosseum or Gothic cathedrals. My arguing pount wasn't that we "can't" do so, but that we have moved on to structural architecture that is more suited to our time period. Are they as asthetically pleasing? Maybe not, to some eyes. But humanity continues to find new ways to be more efficient in how they build and create, as well as evolving new technologies that can produce results that are similarly pleasing - albeit in a different manner. Watching SpaceX catch their reuseable rocket was - dare I say - almost more awe-inspring than the space shuttle missions. Thanks for your post.
I’m a minor student of architecture. I gotta tell ya, when I’m in Italy, I kinda feel like the folks who designed the local strip mall back home simply HATE people. We could do better…
Doc, you hit it on the head, we have the blueprints, we don't have want to build things we once did.
The only thing I’m a declinist about is movies—wtf? Can I please have a movie at least as good as Reanimator or Chopping Mall or another 80s classic?
I had just had a similar conversation with someone last week about why we no longer "can" build the Roman Colosseum or Gothic cathedrals. My arguing pount wasn't that we "can't" do so, but that we have moved on to structural architecture that is more suited to our time period. Are they as asthetically pleasing? Maybe not, to some eyes. But humanity continues to find new ways to be more efficient in how they build and create, as well as evolving new technologies that can produce results that are similarly pleasing - albeit in a different manner. Watching SpaceX catch their reuseable rocket was - dare I say - almost more awe-inspring than the space shuttle missions. Thanks for your post.
I’m a minor student of architecture. I gotta tell ya, when I’m in Italy, I kinda feel like the folks who designed the local strip mall back home simply HATE people. We could do better…
Sorry - my typing was subpar here lol