Type of new construction building design funded by cost optimization-obsessed developers with no taste, contrasted with beautifully ornamented buildings
"Most new construction is funded by cost optimization-obsessed developers with no taste, so less architects get to design beautifully ornamented buildings and we get 5-over-1s. Everything is practical, functional, sterile and deeply unsexy."
"I know we need cheap housing like this to increase supply and lower overall housing prices but why do they need to be such an eyesore? Can't they remove the slapped on facades and attempt to make them more symmetrical? Or establish some visual connection to the surrounding architecture?"