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Re:It is an interesting concept but why are efficient houses... by mynameishere on Wednesday October 17, 2007 @09:02PM (#69411)
That sort of crap has been around for a long time. It features the grimmest of the grim socialist/faux intellectual German taste in things. Severe, cold, cheap, right-angled, colorless, inhuman, inhumane, and above all efficient.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus

The best take down that I'm aware of is here:

http://www.tomwolfe.com/Bauhaus.html

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Re:It is an interesting concept but why are efficient houses... by zyroth on Thursday October 18, 2007 @03:57AM (#69595)
Bauhaus crap? Uh, please at least recognize the influence on design.

"Severe, cold, cheap, right-angled, colorless, inhuman, inhumane, and above all efficient."

Yes, exact. Its own kind of beauty.

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