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Originally Posted by mhays
Wierd geometries get very expensive, and the expense typically doesn't translate to higher rents.
Further, the public doesn't like "futuristic, stylish stuff" stuff anywhere near as much as Dwell readers do.
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Funny you should mention weird geometries, since that's what's driving the current wave of infill in my city, which necessitated the article, which inspired the thread in the first place.
I also know that America tends to play it safe architecturally, which is why we end up with this slew of Sim City-esque interchangeable "contemporary bland" (which really should be a working architectural style) boxes with the same mass-produced quirks and gimmicks. You'd think though, that being the case, that it would at least drive more neotraditional developments like, again, that one in Durham that looks like a renovated industrial building. People
love that sort of thing, to the point that even
Charlotte preserved a few of its historic textile mills and worked them into new residential development -- and Charlotte has a "search-and-destroy" relationship with historic architecture, and has gleefully demolished probably ninety percent of its historic past.