Comments by "Sohave" (@Sohave) on "How Germany’s Most Beautiful City Was Destroyed… and Rebuilt" video.

These classical reconstructions, I wonder where they get the details produced at such a price that it only becomes few percentages more expensive. Perhaps the architectural rebellion groups around the world should band together and create a resource library for suppliers, contractors and architects, so people from around the world will know where to source the right people with the right skills when they want a classical building. Also I could not find a school for classical architecture in my country, they all seem to be modernist.
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As someone who has traveled in Germany and the old east Germany, I can confirm that there is plenty of DDR era prefab houses. The particular type standing in the way of the reconstruction is not unique there are several made of the same kind of elements to the same specifications. The loss is very negligible. If the authorities really cared about keeping DDR relics alive they would not create those Umweltzones pushing the Trabants out of town or at least give them an exemption. They have much more quirky character than prefab houses, and are unlike the prefab houses featured on tourist souvenirs.
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