Given that we’re wealthier and technologically more capable than we were 100 years ago, why is our architecture not only the same everywhere but also much uglier?
Tom Wolfe tried to answer this in From Bauhaus To Our House. I didn’t know about the book and I’m grateful to Scott Alexander for reviewing it, but I’m also puzzled that he failed to reference a previous review by Michael Sorkin:
What Tom Wolfe doesn’t know about modern architecture could fill a book. And so indeed it has, albeit a slim one.
Nehaveigur 