The mid in fake midcentury modern

Re:The mid in fake midcentury modern by pantalaimon on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @10:35AM (#33895536)

Even before there was the idea that ornamentation was ultimately a waste of resources and is incompatible with the promise of efficiency that brings about the modern world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornament_and_Crime

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Re:The mid in fake midcentury modern by masswerk on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @10:48AM (#33895701)

Still, the Looshaus was rather ornamental for present day standards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looshaus

There's also a considerable difference in modernist/brutalist architecture and current blandness. Speaking of Vienna, compare the same lot, Rathausstraße 1, Harry Glück, 1980 [1], and current replacement [2]. (It's not just the US.)

[1] former computation center of the city of Vienna: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Rechenzentrum_Harry_Glüc...

[2] commercial replacement: https://images.app.goo.gl/1S6Xjnk6XLmZ9XqbA

(BUWOG, as seen on top of the mall-like structure, is the former housing cooperative for federal officers, now privatized and mostly selling off the apartments. For the better or – as may be feared – the worse, the replacement building is literally a temple to residential building.)

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