I never thought to compare glass skyscrapers to John Cage’s silent composition. I like this. But it’s almost, like pop music now, the compulsion to make profits drives the industry. It’s harder to get “indie” skyscraper architecture. Driven by fear and pumping out sequels because they’re low risk
I never thought to compare glass skyscrapers to John Cage’s silent composition. I like this. But it’s almost, like pop music now, the compulsion to make profits drives the industry. It’s harder to get “indie” skyscraper architecture. Driven by fear and pumping out sequels because they’re low risk
Although the compulsion to make profits was strong in the Art Deco era, too. I'm with Hughes that the decline in ornamentation was caused by a cultural choice rather than economic concerns.
I never thought to compare glass skyscrapers to John Cage’s silent composition. I like this. But it’s almost, like pop music now, the compulsion to make profits drives the industry. It’s harder to get “indie” skyscraper architecture. Driven by fear and pumping out sequels because they’re low risk
Although the compulsion to make profits was strong in the Art Deco era, too. I'm with Hughes that the decline in ornamentation was caused by a cultural choice rather than economic concerns.