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Originally Posted by jetsetter
We will never pass a time when classical designs can not be built. A building designed using classical elements is just as relevant today as 150 years ago.
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Agreed. How many years came between the fall of ancient Greece and the construction plans for the U.S. Capital in D.C.? And how many years came between the Capital and today?
To me the whole drive among architects for modernism reminds me of Arthur Koestler's
Darkness at Noon. The blind following of dogmatic ideas leads not to the ideals the doctorine hoped to accomplish, but rather away from them.