I moved the thread to the architecture forum.
Here are the results of their poll so far, after 2,228 total votes:
- 37% 821 votes Yes, Ebert is right. Modern architecture is a bankrupt aesthetic perpetrated by egomaniacs with bloated budgets.
- 31% 697 votes Ebert over-simplifies the issue. Modernism is a broad category that can't and shouldn't be reduced to his elementary terms.
- 13% 287 votes It's true that much of modern architecture feels cold and impersonal. But it's a valid reflection of the cold and impersonal times we live in.
- 11% 245 votes Please! I can't believe we're still having this debate.
- 8% 178 votes No, Ebert doesn't know what he's talking about. Architecture needs to change and develop just like any other art form.
Interesting that the position most architects would probably take, and the only one that is a strong defense of modernism, is the least popular choice.