07-17-2025, 03:43 PM
Good points about things like the failures of urban malls, challenges of large social housing projects (Jane and Finch, anyone?)--and there are plenty of other examples of learned lessons of city-planning, including the blight created by urban expressways.
I would argue that the specific architectural styles (whether brutalist, modernist, rationalist or something else) ultimately play a smaller role in the quality of the city. You can design a good build or a bad building in any of those styles.
I would argue that the specific architectural styles (whether brutalist, modernist, rationalist or something else) ultimately play a smaller role in the quality of the city. You can design a good build or a bad building in any of those styles.