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		cjohnson318 on Dec 7, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The mid in fake midcentury modern So, what is this person's idea of beauty? Ancient Greek/Roman architecture? French Second Empire style? Art Nouveau? People appreciate modern design because it's clean and simple, not gaudy or fussy.

criddell on Dec 7, 2022 [–]

Stewart Brand's book How Buildings Learn helped me see the beauty in ugly structures.

cjohnson318 on Dec 7, 2022 | [–]

I'll check it out! I really enjoy buildings in the brutalist and post-modern styles from the seventies and eighties. Maybe that's just nostalgia.

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