Comments by "Samuel Lourenço" (@samuellourenco1050) on "What Makes Buildings Beautiful (And Why Beauty Does Matter)" video.

  1. Self-expression should be reserved for a painting or a piece of furniture to be put inside the own home.
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  2.  @petefluffy7420  Office buildings, despite not having someone living in them, can still influence negatively the surrounding environment. Factory buildings and warehouses are even worse, as they encourage loitering at first, then illicit activities, then more serious crime. Is that clear enough?
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  3.  @ligametis  Obviously you don't know what McMansions are. McMansions borrow from several styles in a senseless fashion. Basically, the architecture is very disproportionate, and every window doesn't match the other. McMansions do not borrow from old styles. Instead, they are a mockery. Modern buildings can have interiors that are modern in style while the exterior part is more elegant and decorated, without resembling a McMansion at all. Besides, McMansions are shacks made of wood covered with plaster. Don't compare US shacks with European buildings. There is no possible comparison.
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  4. I'm convinced that this is being instituted by design. Build amorphous concrete boxes instead of highly decorated and well proportioned, beautiful buildings.
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