Ugly buildings ‘make people lonely and miserable’

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1. The most surprising thing about this article is that apparently it was news to someone.

   Who’d have thunk that soulless architecture crushes the soul?

2. Counterpoint, when all the buildings were spectacular, we still needed lots of massive mental asylums (which were also spectacular): https://www.youtube.com/@oldworldex

3. Well, if they don’t have bread to eat, just eat cake instead.

4. I think about Vienna a lot. Most of its housing is socially owned yet it’s architecturally beautiful. Yes, building houses on a large scale is the most important thing, but there’s no reason why they can’t have a nice aesthetic and fit in with an architectural style distinct to British culture. It helps build a national brand and it’ll make people feel more connected to their community.

5. On a tangent, something that I have always found baffling is why so many architects find bare concrete attractive.

   It isn’t. It’s objectively depressing and ugly. It looks like the building was thrown up in a hurry and hasn’t been finished properly.

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