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Why the American buildings are so tacky? Pic the American supreme
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Why the American buildings are so tacky?
Pic the American supreme court
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>>51578420
There's so much shit you could pick from and you choose non-modern architecture?
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the founding fathers saw their new nation as a continuation of the Roman empire
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>>51578446

Athens on the county scale, Rome on the federal scale.

Also Greco Roman architexture remains GOAT.
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>>51578442
>its non-modern therefore good

do neworlders really think this? and such buildings in usa look out of place anyways
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>>51578529
No, it's just that older architecture is better on average. In my opinion anyway.

And yes, that is probably a North American thing. We have so many soulless, practical structures with no elegance or character that when we look at some of the older things you have in Europe we are intrigued.
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>subway written with v
>J
What a pretentious shit
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What's the purpose?
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>>51578608
>>51578653
To rustle your jimmies. Seems like it's working.
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>>51578420
Dey beez ancient greek n Sheet
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>>51578608
I was about to say it's easier to cut into stone but then I noticed P and J
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>>51578420
Marble was cheap at the time.
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this is brazil's supreme court
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Americans are Romeaboos because of muh republic
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>>51579124
I like it desu
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>>51579124
Brasilia has very interesting architecture
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>>51579124
I see no problem
I'm not trying to compare our countries I just want point out some things I have noticed about American architecture

Why
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I often think about how I would make my very own country, and it always scares me how much my vision would be exactly like america
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>what is neoclassical style
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