tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post4230105046858328062..comments2024-03-26T09:42:38.709-05:00Comments on ArchitectureChicago PLUS: Classicists Double the StakesLynn Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759748613223711212noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-87382013372247761692010-09-14T16:20:56.927-05:002010-09-14T16:20:56.927-05:00this Anonymous comment give sense it looks true th...this Anonymous comment give sense it looks true that the bottom of the building does not match the topانفجنhttp://www.tech-wd.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-19654753279167321572007-11-14T21:07:00.000-06:002007-11-14T21:07:00.000-06:00I don't like their selection for the prize, in par...I don't like their selection for the prize, in part because the bottom of the building does not match the top. It's like wearing a sport coat with a pair of shorts. <BR/><BR/>However, I do like the goals of the Driehaus Prize. Classical architecture or old architectural styles of other types should be used without the scorn of modernists. Why? Because new buildings in these older styles can look great. Just like these designs looked great when the styles were first developed. <BR/><BR/>There is plenty of this room for modern or futuristic or Gherian (my own new word, I guess) buildings. Modern is great. But making great buildings in old styles is also possible.<BR/><BR/>I am relieved (and even a bit surprised) that this article has not caused modernists to heap disdain on the Driehaus concept. Maybe modernists can live with the concept. Am I wrong?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com