#contemporary classicism

[thepaintedroom]

Nikolay Yurievich Anokhin (Russian, b. 1966) • The Royal Bedchamber • 2014

[ancientpansy]

Olivia Sitting by Alex Russell Flint, 2012

alexrussellflint.com

[internationalemeteorologie]

Beau Stanton

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Harmonia Rosales

Spring / Summer / Fall / Winter. 2018-19

[latenightlunch]

Will we experience a revival of classicist ornaments in architecture in our lifetimes?

Kurokawa's Nakagin Capsule Tower is the embodiment of modernist architecture for me.

Sure there have been many different names for it since then but they all really aren't so different from that era even if the architecture majors would like to disagree.

Neglected and run down over the years, most of the pods have been empty and with only very few hardcore lovers of this particular style called "metabolism" having stayed there till its recent demolition.

How come something that has been heralded as "revolutionary" and the "future of architecture" is so unpopular among the Japanese, who should be used to living on a tight space budget. Or is it perhaps something that reaches farther than just the isles.

In Berlin, Le-Corbusier-Haus has a similar issue, very few people would actually like to live in it.

Low ceilings, cramped rooms, ugly facade, the hype around the architect, and media attention have long died outside of appreciator circles and on top of that the prices charged for apartments there are pretty outrageous, one might as well move into one of the concrete blocks inspired by it that won't have the brand label slapped on it.

Very few of these types of buildings have aged well enough for people to want to live in them, houses built before the modernist era with a more traditionalist style, their high ceilings and beautifully aged ornaments on the other hand are more sought after than ever, including quite a few modernist architects living in them.

It seems we had refined the concept of what is beautiful and what makes us feel human already and perhaps stepped back from it in part due to building and upkeep costs as well as the time needed to create them.

Now however with 3d printed buildings becoming more and more popular, faster and overall advanced will we see the technology be used to bring back ornamentation and high ceilings or has the skill been lost in our modern universities?

Do we really lack space that badly? Is a barren exterior really a cost necessity or is it just something that a select few naturally feel the need to push on us so they can feel superior?

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