Re:We built our house for LAN parties
by usrme on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @05:56AM
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Agreed. It's clear that the owners have considerable financial resources, but seemingly no one thought to hire an interior designer/architect to consider how the place looks or functions outside of the gaming aspect. If that's their style, then more power to them; it just seems incredibly generic and like wasted potential.
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The building was designed by his dad Richard Varda, an architect: https://vardaarchitecture.com/
It’s likely just his preference. My wife and I also rather like a relatively “IKEA” aesthetic so I think it’s just preference.
I used to work for a firm that did custom homes for wealthy clients. Even when we paired them up with designers some of them just preferred a very plain appearance.
That said, I thought the games room with rows of hide-away PCs looked like a call centre or at best a 90s internet cafe.
Re:We built our house for LAN parties
by darkwater on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @05:59AM
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If you read TFA you will see that the house was architected by his father, an accomplished architect.
Re:We built our house for LAN parties
by asdfsa32 on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @06:45AM
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Did you look through the accomplishments? I don't mean to be crass but I like a bit of weight for "accomplished".
I mean, the American Express office looks like a track stop or mall you will find along the highway.
You should really go visit the musical instrument museum if you ever have the opportunity. Just the shortlist of his stuff is pretty objectively impressive, dunno maybe I'm replying to some secret famous person's account shrug.
Re:We built our house for LAN parties
by quietbritishjim on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @06:28AM
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> Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that".