Why modern buildings look boring from @curatingambiance
The creator presents a visual essay arguing that modern architecture's shift towards minimalism, influenced by Adolf Loos's "Ornament and Crime," has resulted in a loss of beauty and meaning in public spaces. They contrast ornate, historical buildings with stark, modern ones, explain the philosophical shift, and conclude by suggesting the real "crime" is creating a world devoid of inspiring structures.
Creator: @curatingambiance on TikTok
Transcript
There's a reason your bank used to look like a palace and now looks like an urgent care, a reason train stations went from cathedrals to concrete. In nineteen o eight, Adolf Loos published the essay Ornament and Crime. According to him, decoration was primitive, wasteful, and immoral. In the twentieth century, listened. Ornament became embarrassing. Simplicity became virtue. Bauhaus, brutalism. Ornament became embarrassing. Simplicity became virtue. Bauhaus, brutalism, corporate minimalism, all
Topics: Architecture, History, Design
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