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Re:What Makes a McMansion Bad Architecture? by bullfightonmars on Sunday August 14, 2016 @03:23PM (#12286912)
I interpreted this as design critique. The author doesn't seem to have anything against large houses and uses lots of them as counter-examples for good architectural design.
Re:What Makes a McMansion Bad Architecture? by cstejerean on Sunday August 14, 2016 @04:20PM (#12287165)
The author uses a very specific style of houses, and that's fine. But for example none of the houses listed as great design have a garage upfront (and some look like they don't have a garage at all). A front facing garage is a huge convenience but it makes it much harder to have the symmetry the author wants. When it comes to houses form should follow function and that seems to be completely ignored in this critique.
Re:What Makes a McMansion Bad Architecture? by DannyBee on Sunday August 14, 2016 @03:32PM (#12286949)
Errr, he named the blog "mcmansionhell", gonna suggest he might have something against them :)

Also note the blog is sort of a tautology.

"Mc·Man·sion

məkˈmanSH(ə)n/

noun

a large modern house that is considered ostentatious and lacking in architectural integrity."

So houses lacking in architectural integrity ... lack in architectural integrity?