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Reject Cathedrals, Embrace Orb (hexbear.net)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
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[–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Simply make prettier buildings

Modern engineering and building safety standard make this prohibitively expensive if not borderline impossible.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    what about engineering and safety could possibly demand new buildings be flashy glass skyscrapers?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Modern HVAC prefers low ceilings

    Fire codes require putting way more staircases in everything and making hallways wider

    Masonry is increasingly expensive and fewer and fewer people can do high skill masonry work

    Also Cathedrals took generations to build, society doesn't have the patience for that crap anymore

    There's other reasons I can't think of off the top of my head

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    i doubt they were expecting cathedral-level but more masonry and stylish facades are definitely possible in conventionally proportioned & constructed buildings without breaking those rules (except acquiring masons, but no reason we shouldn't have people employed in beautification trades)

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