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Michael Tae Sweeney@mtsw.bsky.social |
2) its true a lot of "luxury" new construction is barely distinguishable from bare-bones new construction, that's NOT true of multi-million $ modernist mansions. building an austere-looking glass and steel modernist home is often *more* expensive than an equivalent building covered in decoration
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Eric Lotze
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Can I tell you what a relief it is to log on and see discourse about old vs new buildings on the skyline instead of the end of the world, I hadn’t considered this building age thing but will be sharpening up some takes immediately
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Michael Tae Sweeney
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3) It's true that we lost a lot of skilled craftsmen, especially bricklayers, ironworkers and sculptors (mostly during the Great Depression - a very long time ago!) but if you want to build a building that has a bunch of craft ornamentation, its still perfectly possible and not that expensive
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mr. implausible
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molding covers up flaws in construction. remove it and everything has to be done with extreme precision. ever listen to those isolated vocal tracks from famous songs and think the singing sounds kinda mid? that’s what would happen if you removed the molding from a traditional style home.
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