FIU had grand plans for 'signature' bridge. But the design had a key mistake

Re:FIU had grand plans for 'signature' bridge. But the desig... by echotango on Thursday June 14, 2018 @09:47PM (#17316907)

I agree, it is beautiful. But Ayn Rand would have hated it. That design is steeped in European and Christian traditions and symbolism. Those things are all anathema to her ideology.

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Re:FIU had grand plans for 'signature' bridge. But the desig... by paulie_a on Thursday June 14, 2018 @10:41PM (#17317137)

But honestly who gives a shit about what Ayn Rand would have thought about it. She was a nut and her ideology should be aggressively dismissed as simplistic and quite frankly stupid.

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Re:FIU had grand plans for 'signature' bridge. But the desig... by echotango on Friday June 15, 2018 @01:22AM (#17317682)

I totally agree. I was pointing out that church isn't really modern architechture as Rand saw it.

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