What is NOT ugly architecture?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Check out “McMansion Hell”. It’s hilarious and does a great job of explaining why certain builds just look completely incongruous and others are “beautiful.”

It is mostly just a snarky website where a woman insults houses.

Many people cannot afford an architect and custom home builder. Many people do not care about these things. Many people just want enough space for their kids to have a bedroom and somewhere to play.

The woman who runs the website is just being a jerk.

No, there are actual architectural principles explaining why some houses are ugly or not, and she does a great job explaining them. For example:
https://mcmansionhell.com/post/148605513816/mcmansions-101-what-makes-a-mcmansion-bad

You don't have to agree with her on everything (I don't) but it is overall an educated and principled approach. It's just easier to read than a textbook.

Most people buy houses that aren't custom, which is why poor design is so inexcusable. A builder or professional architect should understand these principles, but so many don't even try. It's not the buyer's fault.

She is super snarky.

She’s a class-ist a hole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Check out “McMansion Hell”. It’s hilarious and does a great job of explaining why certain builds just look completely incongruous and others are “beautiful.”

It is mostly just a snarky website where a woman insults houses.

Many people cannot afford an architect and custom home builder. Many people do not care about these things. Many people just want enough space for their kids to have a bedroom and somewhere to play.

The woman who runs the website is just being a jerk.

No, there are actual architectural principles explaining why some houses are ugly or not, and she does a great job explaining them. For example:
https://mcmansionhell.com/post/148605513816/mcmansions-101-what-makes-a-mcmansion-bad

You don't have to agree with her on everything (I don't) but it is overall an educated and principled approach. It's just easier to read than a textbook.

Most people buy houses that aren't custom, which is why poor design is so inexcusable. A builder or professional architect should understand these principles, but so many don't even try. It's not the buyer's fault.

She is super snarky.

She’s a class-ist a hole.

She makes defensible observations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Check out “McMansion Hell”. It’s hilarious and does a great job of explaining why certain builds just look completely incongruous and others are “beautiful.”

It is mostly just a snarky website where a woman insults houses.

Many people cannot afford an architect and custom home builder. Many people do not care about these things. Many people just want enough space for their kids to have a bedroom and somewhere to play.

The woman who runs the website is just being a jerk.

No, there are actual architectural principles explaining why some houses are ugly or not, and she does a great job explaining them. For example:
https://mcmansionhell.com/post/148605513816/mcmansions-101-what-makes-a-mcmansion-bad

You don't have to agree with her on everything (I don't) but it is overall an educated and principled approach. It's just easier to read than a textbook.

Most people buy houses that aren't custom, which is why poor design is so inexcusable. A builder or professional architect should understand these principles, but so many don't even try. It's not the buyer's fault.

She is super snarky.

She’s a class-ist a hole.

She says some cutting things about suburban life, and she's younger and lefty-er than DCUM. (And so far as I know she doesn't have kids, so yes she has different priorities in housing.)

Her points about architecture are valid nonethless. And, there are many large expensive houses she will acknowledge as good design. Go walk around your neighborhood and look for the center line on each house, it's illuminating.

[Anonymous]

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Idk, I think these are both ugly.

AGREE...i actually find the lower one more attrative.

[Anonymous]

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Idk, I think these are both ugly.

I wouldn't say I'm a colonial person, but these designs are in different leagues.

The upper home looks like a professional design with a complete plan. The lower thing looks like a toddler jammed together 4 different homes.

[Anonymous]

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Idk, I think these are both ugly.

AGREE...i actually find the lower one more attrative.

The lower one looks like a Gingerbread home after it's been consumed and evacuated into a toilet.

[Anonymous]

poll quesiton..what do you like better 1 or 2

1: https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/6116-30th-St-NW-20015/home/177097681

2:
https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/3724-Northampton-St-NW-20015/home/9970640

I am beyond curious if anyone ever picks 1 over 2

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is in my neighborhood, and it is hideous:
https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/6116-30th-St-NW-20015/home/177097681

lol how do you even fit a bed inside this? It’s so thin!

[Anonymous]

I’m in Ashburn, there are so many copycats of these houses all over. They just scream pre-housing crash 2008. I don’t understand the appeal. Like, we’re in Ashburn, not in the city or McLean or anything.

https://redf.in/4m8TGd

https://redf.in/6SCrOR

[Anonymous]

Here are some examples of big houses, comparable to the McMansions of the DMV, with nice architecture

Georgetown:
https://redf.in/E4jkou
https://redf.in/aIzxPl

Massachusetts:
https://redf.in/a0IBvp
https://redf.in/HBYS3L
https://redf.in/LAjk0u

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:See- the architectural snobs can't provide examples of anything that is attractive aside from colonial.

Frank Lloyd Wright styles are nice.

if you are a boomer, but if you are under the age of 40 the so called new builds mcmansions are desirable

Desirable does not mean they’re attractive. Just means people have bad judgment

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[Anonymous]

Houses that mix architectural styles are ugly. Like Palladian windows on a “Tudor” house of a “colonial” house with a Victorian turret or other touches.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Houses that mix architectural styles are ugly. Like Palladian windows on a “Tudor” house of a “colonial” house with a Victorian turret or other touches.

Yes, often it's the mixing of styles that I dislike. Or as in the McMansion example pic posted previously, when the house has all the things versus a select few that enhance the house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Check out “McMansion Hell”. It’s hilarious and does a great job of explaining why certain builds just look completely incongruous and others are “beautiful.”

It is mostly just a snarky website where a woman insults houses.

Many people cannot afford an architect and custom home builder. Many people do not care about these things. Many people just want enough space for their kids to have a bedroom and somewhere to play.

The woman who runs the website is just being a jerk.

No, there are actual architectural principles explaining why some houses are ugly or not, and she does a great job explaining them. For example:
https://mcmansionhell.com/post/148605513816/mcmansions-101-what-makes-a-mcmansion-bad

You don't have to agree with her on everything (I don't) but it is overall an educated and principled approach. It's just easier to read than a textbook.

Most people buy houses that aren't custom, which is why poor design is so inexcusable. A builder or professional architect should understand these principles, but so many don't even try. It's not the buyer's fault.

She is super snarky.

She’s a class-ist a hole.

You live in a McMansion, don't you??

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love Frank Lloyd Wright, Eichler, Queen Anne folk Victorian, Sears bungalows, American four square, Neutra, Eames Case Study, etc., etc. There are a lot of great architectural styles out there. I find center hall colonials mostly boring.

I don’t even think you like the sears homes or the four square. You just think it’s cool to say that. Those homes are like the uggs of the time. They were literally factory made. You’re trying way way too hard.

Factory made or common does not necessarily mean ugly. Ikea for example makes a lot of great designs. The sears homes were beautifully and thoughtfully proportioned with lovely but not overdone detail and varied enough to be charming. Get over yourself.