What do you think of what the 70's-80's did to architecture?

[TheOverdog]

The “exciting” feature is the so-called sunken family room. It’s two steps down from the kitchen. I wish they had left the ceiling the same height as the kitchen to create a sense of height and volume, but nope.

Even if they had left the ceiling heights the same, the entire house is probably 8ft ceilings so there is no grandness right? Sunken living rooms is just the most dangerous and dumbest ideas ever - fortunately the previous owners of our house leveled the sunken living room.

My house was from 1970, the windows are tall and really narrow, the kitchen was really tight, and the exterior ugly. The way I describe 1950s-1980s homes: They were designed after homes for people (passive cooling, appropriately sized rooms) but before marketing insights considered anyone other than the man of the house. So the places he would use are all large - the living room, garage, the lawn, maybe a fancy entryway. But the rest of the house is awful and since he doesn't spend time there are afterthoughts.

[KenFresno]

Originally Posted by whoisjongalt

I'm starting to really like the Brutalist stuff too. It's sort of the red-headed stepchild of late mid-century modern. This is a rare Brutalist house in Denver.

I would wager that future generation will have a deep fondness for brutalist architecture.

[KenFresno]

Originally Posted by archineer

It was actually Wrights work that influenced me to become an architect. But as i've gotten older and more knowledgable my tastes have broadened, when I look at his stuff now i'm not as overwhelmed as I used to be. It seems a little to 'safe' if you get me.

I still love Fallingwater and the Californian concrete block houses mind.

I'm in the same boat. I started out initially loving his early work since it was familiar and unassuming but had Wright's unique signature. The further I have understood architecture, the more buildings I design, the more buildings I have encountered the more I have become a fan of his later work. The mid-1930's and onward. The Johnson Wax building, Price Tower, the Guggenheim. Once he started to unshackle himself from the need for convention did he start to become a great architect and not simply just a good architect.

[Nattering Heights]

Flat roofs are cheaper until they leak and destroy everything inside.



FLW designed entirely for visual effect. He ignored some practical basics, such as roofs that don't leak. The results are fashion models more than liveable houses.