press releases for gentrified developments are all like "this is a sympathetic update of a classic building in a timeless style with thoughtful yet bold additions to support a modern lifestyle" and then the attached picture looks like this:
we are in the era of architecture where designers are all over all the things they *can* do but aren't stopping to really think about what they *should* do
either that or they're taking direction from billionaires with appalling taste, who's to really say
either that or they're taking direction from billionaires with appalling taste, who's to really say
just saying that there's a reason why New York's skyline still (despite 432 Park Avenue and the Hudson Yards trying hard to ruin it) has a level of majestic charm to it while London's skyline, which is much more modern, is a constant gamut of "what is that is that a phallus"