{"id":890,"date":"2023-08-21T12:15:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T12:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chosenviber.net\/?p=890"},"modified":"2023-08-21T23:32:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T23:32:18","slug":"hobbitecture-why-architects-are-embracing-the-art-of-fitting-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chosenviber.net\/index.php\/2023\/08\/21\/hobbitecture-why-architects-are-embracing-the-art-of-fitting-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Hobbitecture: Why Architects Are Embracing The Art of Fitting In"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Architizer is thrilled to announce the winners of the\u00a011th Annual A+Awards<\/b><\/a>! Interested in participating next season? Sign up for key information about the\u00a012th Annual A+Awards,<\/a>\u00a0set to launch this fall.<\/em><\/p>\n If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound? And if an opinion piece is published to the Internet without another blogger writing a rebuttal, does it even exist?<\/p>\n If you write for the Internet, these are the kinds of questions that torment you. Luckily for me, some of my pieces have inspired rebuttals. In 2022, David Brusser took on a piece I wrote on Frank Gehry in his stimulating classicist architecture blog \u201cArchitecture Here and There.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n In particular, he took issue with a rhetorical question I had posed. I had written, \u201cWhat do we want from our leading architects anyway?\u201d and Brusser responded that the question was not nearly as difficult as I made it seem. \u201cMost people,\u201d he wrote, \u201cwant buildings they can relate to, that don\u2019t get in their face.\u201d<\/p>\n For Brusser, the buildings that don\u2019t get in people\u2019s faces are traditional ones that work with the local context and echo the decorative motifs common to the area. I think there is some truth to Brusser\u2019s picture \u2013 the legacy of modernism is complicated and not, by any means, wholly positive. But still, I am going to issue a challenge to Brusser\u2019s formulation.<\/p>\n If traditional architecture is to be commended because it fits into its local context, wouldn\u2019t an architecture that blended into the landscape<\/em> \u2013 that worked with nature, rather than culture, to create a sense of organic unity \u2013 be even better?<\/p>\n