Comments by "Minerva\x27s Owl" (@HighFlyingOwlOfMinerva) on "Why Originality In Architecture Is OVERRATED" video.

There is no "reactionary dogma" in tried and tested idea's and this video in itself is the very proof of that. The only genuine reactionary dogma is that of modernism that runs after the "new" and "hip" thing (while being the exact same intellectually lazy thing over and over by now) which is also being aided by lazy developers and propagandists disguised as "city planners", and ironically, traditionalism has far more genuinely unique styles that have been created, be it the Roman era, Middle Ages, 1800s, 1930s or post-2000s. Similar looking, sure, but never "the same" - something I can't say of modernism with its dull Soviet-era appartment blocs or "futurist" skyscrapers (both of which can give you depression, by the way).
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@Game_Hero Some believe that Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Jügendstil are "modern" styles. Some styles even explicitly label itself as 'modernist' like Catalan modernism, yet when people look at them all they aren't exactly modernist as they lend some elements from traditionalism unlike the brutal, soul crushing post-WWII styles, which in itself are extreme inventions from the USSR and the U.S. What was new before WWII wasn't bad for the large part after +100 years, what was new after WWII still is just utter shit for the large part after as early as 75 years, this isn't new or shocking and certainly no "reactionary dogmatic thinking" like you originally implied. And yes, a lot of people advocate for this mindset. Can you honestly blame them for living under such insolence for the last, what, 80 years? I wouldn't blame them in the slightest. Look at before/after video's and photo's of cities like Berlin, Cologne or Rotterdam and you'll understand why.
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En natuurlijk komt Rotterdam meermaals voorbij (ook al wordt het hier langzaam iets beter). 😅 Good video, though I would've liked to see some more visual examples of the innovative buildings because I certainly know they do exist. More and more are being built today all over Europe and pages on Twitter and Instagram related to architecture revival post 'em. I'm sure you've seen the images before. ;) Something that also would've helped is showing the historical examples of many traditional styles, as there are a lot of them, which could've helped to strenghten the 'modernism ironically ends up copying the same despite trying to be "new and hip". I'm shocked with how many there are, even. Modernist styles have far less and they often end up looking very same-y, whilst traditional styles always have something similar but never feel same-y. I can recommend Wiki pages like 'Tijdlijn van de bouwkunst', as they have a lot of different styles. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tijdlijn_van_de_bouwkunst Cheers!
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