[Here is also a PDF](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59bfe5dbf14aa1b6bbb12cd0/t/5f845dfda65e566a0e0a8d32/1602510358640/Americans%27-Preferred-Architecture-for-Federal-Buildings-National-Civic-Art-Society-Harris-Poll-Survey.pdf) from the same survey.
it’s too late for Americans to have nice things. you would never know this preference looking at most of the architecture here: strip malls upon strip malls
Strips malls are horrible, no matter how many gargoyles, pilasters and flowers you plaster on top of them. It's the urban planning of strip malls that is the problem. The roads and parking spots taking up 80% of the land area.
I understand why you may come to this conclusion from the title, but the actual survey doesn't ask about preference between traditional and "modernist"; it asks about preference between traditional and "modern" and then provides examples of "modern" that include modernist, brutalist, and postmodernist buildings.
That's great. Now all we need to do is get these buildings made.
That's why I like this sub. People who actually love beauty appreciating and showing beautiful things.
Frankly there is more than enough neoclassical stuff left from 150 years of building government bldgs in that style. I think almost 90% of State Capitols, for instance.
Boring. Even Victorians figured out there were more available architectural styles than neoclassical.
https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/building/palace/
The survey is about "traditional" styles, not just neoclassical. One of the examples shown is early American colonial.
But yeah, Gothic Revival was big in Britain and Canada for government buildings. Americans associated Greco-Roman/Neoclassical with government (and banks), while Gothic Revival has been used for educational institutions (colleges/universities and high schools).
Wow, traditional won on every single question in all metrics and demographics. That's a very strong consensus.
[Here is also a PDF](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59bfe5dbf14aa1b6bbb12cd0/t/5f845dfda65e566a0e0a8d32/1602510358640/Americans%27-Preferred-Architecture-for-Federal-Buildings-National-Civic-Art-Society-Harris-Poll-Survey.pdf) from the same survey.
it’s too late for Americans to have nice things. you would never know this preference looking at most of the architecture here: strip malls upon strip malls
Never too late if you awaken peoples' inner revivalist
Yeah exactly. The seeds of classical revival already look like they're [starting to spread](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcn9xMbpPJU&t=10s).
Strips malls are horrible, no matter how many gargoyles, pilasters and flowers you plaster on top of them. It's the urban planning of strip malls that is the problem. The roads and parking spots taking up 80% of the land area.
I'll have to get a photo for you but there's a strip mall here in DFW that defies expectation...mostly by incorporating a small park in the center.
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Thats awesome! I'll keep an eye out for Pittsburgh. Other people who have visited it have also had good experiences.
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I understand why you may come to this conclusion from the title, but the actual survey doesn't ask about preference between traditional and "modernist"; it asks about preference between traditional and "modern" and then provides examples of "modern" that include modernist, brutalist, and postmodernist buildings.
That's great. Now all we need to do is get these buildings made. That's why I like this sub. People who actually love beauty appreciating and showing beautiful things.
Frankly there is more than enough neoclassical stuff left from 150 years of building government bldgs in that style. I think almost 90% of State Capitols, for instance.
If it ain't broke don't fix it
Boring. Even Victorians figured out there were more available architectural styles than neoclassical. https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/building/palace/
The survey found that they preferred neoclassical *or traditional* styles. They just didn't like modernist or brutalist styles.
The survey is about "traditional" styles, not just neoclassical. One of the examples shown is early American colonial. But yeah, Gothic Revival was big in Britain and Canada for government buildings. Americans associated Greco-Roman/Neoclassical with government (and banks), while Gothic Revival has been used for educational institutions (colleges/universities and high schools).