I don't think we should abandon aesthetics, just that protectionism is a bad way of going about it.
For the most part homes in the UK are designed to fit in with their surroundings not be beautiful. I don't find hundreds of identical red brick buildings particularly asthetically inspiring and decoration is usually kept to an absolute minimum by developers. What we end up with is endless estates that all look exactly the same in order to protect sensibilities. We need to accept some creativity and change.
Re:Will the UK's gas holders be missed?
by fnordfnordfnord on Friday January 30, 2015 @01:27PM
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>We need to accept some creativity and change.
Yeah, like this. http://www.choishine.com/port_projects/landsnet/landsnet.htm...
Beauty is the art of making something pleasing and desirable to humanity.
Engineering and architecture should aim to do both. When utilities are ugly they can depress the price of properties around them, making people less willing enable future needed projects. I mean, is your home a (subjectively) ugly gray box with no decoration. I mean the purpose of a house is to shelter you from the elements.