domus48 Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Well, I will probably be whacked upside the head for what I'm about to write but that's the way it goes sometimes...I personally think there is legitimacy in both the Mediterranean amalgam/pastiche home forms and other less traditional home forms (i.e. post-war modern). Having said that, I do wholeheartedly agree that the destruction of significant and valid architecture forms* is not nor should it ever be considered as justifiable without an attempt at preservation -- at the very least a thorough evaluation of the potential to save the structure.Memorial Bend is currently being assaulted rather aggressively by developers. There are three new unoccupied homes (certainly qualifying as so called Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenH Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Well, I will probably be whacked upside the head for what I'm about to write but that's the way it goes sometimes...I personally think there is legitimacy in both the Mediterranean amalgam/pastiche home forms and other less traditional home forms (i.e. post-war modern). Having said that, I do wholeheartedly agree that the destruction of significant and valid architecture forms* is not nor should it ever be considered as justifiable without an attempt at preservation -- at the very least a thorough evaluation of the potential to save the structure.Memorial Bend is currently being assaulted rather aggressively by developers. There are three new unoccupied homes (certainly qualifying as so called "mcmansions" but they are at least reasonably tasteful from the street-side) and at least two more on the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domus48 Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share Posted October 18, 2007 He's a witch!!! Burn him!!! What gave it away: The suggestion that multiple (tastefully executed) styles can co-exist or the use of the term "pastiche"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmer Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 You should check out Banks and Milford streets between Mandell and Montrose. It's the weirdest amalgam of avant-garde modern/postmodern houses and postwar ranchburgers I have ever seen. The funniest thing is that there are no McMansions. They're all a lot weirder than that. I posted some pictures in this thread last spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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