Ugly Canada 2 (Only architecture, planning and design faux pas)

[megadude]

By the way, would you say this condo complex in Barrie, ON is representative of AB and BC style and colour?

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.3548...7i13312!8i6656

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by megadude

By the way, would you say this condo complex in Barrie, ON is representative of AB and BC style and colour?

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.3548...7i13312!8i6656

Maybe for higher end multifamily. Unfortunately most housing is greige vinyl or stucco with some wood shingles on the front that fade and never get re-stained. Calgary's inner city condos have really stepped up their game of late, but the suburban stuff is mostly still shit.

[O-tacular]

I wonder would many of the 'historic' homes we see today have been considered ugly back when they were built? Most are bastardized versions of classical architecture. Or is it modern renovations that make them look worse? Here are a couple examples from Medicine Hat that clearly look like ripoffs of Victorian homes from the early 20th century:

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.0400...7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.0385...7i13312!8i6656

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

I wonder would many of the 'historic' homes we see today have been considered ugly back when they were built? Most are bastardized versions of classical architecture. Or is it modern renovations that make them look worse? Here are a couple examples from Medicine Hat that clearly look like ripoffs of Victorian homes from the early 20th century:

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.0400...7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.0385...7i13312!8i6656

Most would have appealed to the tastes of the time, one assumes, or they would not have been built.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

Most would have appealed to the tastes of the time, one assumes, or they would not have been built.

Well most suburban architecture today appeals to 'the tastes of the time' so does that make it not ugly? I mean would architects or people from actual Victorian era cities have viewed it as a clumsy imitation?

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

Well most suburban architecture today appeals to 'the tastes of the time' so does that make it not ugly? I mean would architects or people from actual Victorian era cities have viewed it as a clumsy imitation?

No idea, but I assume that only a small minority of people purchase homes that they consider to be "ugly". I know I wouldn't.