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Yes, Dreaming, I agree. Houses and buildings are temporary and fleeting, like life. Puna is also very shacktacular that way. I was just glad to get here at all, wouldn't trade it for the world.
Hawaii has it's own culture and history, and the architecture reflects that, for good or ill.
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There's some great architecture in Hawaii, too, although in the past thirty years it seems we've had more of the glass box skyscrapers on Oahu than the prettier buildings.
Generally, I've not noticed that comparing things negatively one to another has resulted in happy outcomes. I'd prefer the question to be: "Would this type of architecture in Funchal be good in Hawaii?" Then folks would consider if it could be a good and useful thing and perhaps build some of it. When the question is asked in the manner it was, then folks are busy defending the built environment in Hawaii instead of contemplating possible improvements.
Personally, I don't see that the architecture in Funchal is all that great or beautiful to be used as an example. It does have some of the bright colors you find in tropical areas, Hawaii does seem to use a lot of muted colors for our climate, but there's no great architectural style shown in the examples so I'm not quite sure what we'd be supposed to emulate.
Try searching "Vladimir Ossipoff" as an iconic Hawaii architect and check out Honolulu magazine's article on some Hawaii architecture: http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/June-2012/Honolulus-Best-Architecture That's only for Honolulu, there's some nice architecture on the other islands as well. If you want stunning, check out some of the Kohala resorts and the big fancy house subdivisions being built over there as well.
So, I'm thinking the question as posed by the OP may be a bit trolling and not a question out of pure curiosity.
Nope, this isn't trolling. How can a poor country like Portugal produce that compared to the richest country in the world?
Produce what? Compared to what?
You think Portugal was always poor?
You think Hawai'i has always been part of the United States?
You believe that one place any anything to do with the other?
You might as well be asking why an orange is better than an apple... or vise-versa.
No sir, intentional or not, this is indeed trolling.
Posting random pictures of a place you (as it were) that have never been and then the only statements you make are to belittle a completely different place and ask why it isn't "as charming"?
Nope, this isn't trolling. How can a poor country like Portugal produce that compared to the richest country in the world?
Portugal used to have a lot of wealth and riches, from exploiting and pillaging around the world...i.e. brazil, macau, goa, malacca, nagasaki, east timor, mozambique, cape verde, sao tome, angola, on and on...
Just because it doesn't appear to have a lot of recent wealth in 2017...and just because Hawaii was an island in the middle of the pacific that the U.S. took over and occupied...
And regardless of that entire poor country/wealthy country in 2017 that has nothing to do with 1000s of years of architectural history in Europe.....regardless of all that...who can you say that one particular architecture is 'bad' and by what measure? A European measurement?
Meant with no dis-respect. It was functional, inexpensive, reproducible by all.
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