I'm having a really hard time vibing with neo-traditionalist architecture discourse. Like, I like beauty, but I just find the thing on the left much more beautiful than the thing on the right.

(left image mine, right from @Western_Trad on twitter)

Am I... missing something? https://i.imgur.com/Cqm1D2g.jpg

it's not about "old building good, new building bad"

it's just that, for a list of reasons including financialization and bureaucracy, beauty is rarely prioritized.

it's easiest to see in everyday architecture, at ground level. my favorite example:

https://twitter.com/culturaltutor/status/1539993503442272256

Real World Ethereum 🌎 
building /daimo ✳️ 

+1 https://twitter.com/jfeiwell/status/1609266201691148290