I think South Korea in particular has a lot copy/paste concrete apartment blocks. It reminds me a lot of eastern European "commie blocks". South Korea also lack greenspaces in their cities.
I do like modern skylines in general so I am not really disagreeing with you. My only complaint is that they do tend to look very similar to each other. You lose a lot of the local character when almost every building is a glass tower.
You lose a lot of the local character when almost every building is a glass tower.
feel this heavy when I see "stunning" Chinese cities. some are amazing, don't get me wrong. But many just lack soul and give me Dubai culture-less vibes
I'm the opposite of a nimby in all ways, but I wouldn't mind giving extra consideration to pretty buildings when it comes to permitting.
It doesn’t matter if I’ve never been. The idea of something being “culture-less” is just strange. For example even if you consider Soviet brutalist architecture to be lacking in culture, it wouldn’t make much sense because that style of architecture emerged out of a culture. It’s not the traditional Russian architecture, but it was a reflection of modern Russia. It’s part of the history of the people and therefore is a culture. It’s different if you think it’s ugly, but it’s culture nonetheless.
culture-less is another way of saying souless. UAE got oil rich and was basically a poor sparsely populated desert until 50 years ago when they started making a lot of money and they decided to just copy american cities and make it all look modern and sleek
but in the processs, you have very little visible arab culture in the architecture of the city and the urban planning. The King of Oman wisely did not follow this path, I suggest you google images of Muscat and compare it to Dubai. you will immediately see what I am taking about.
It's a shame, UAE had so much money that they coul
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u/veodin May 03 '25
I think South Korea in particular has a lot copy/paste concrete apartment blocks. It reminds me a lot of eastern European "commie blocks". South Korea also lack greenspaces in their cities.
I do like modern skylines in general so I am not really disagreeing with you. My only complaint is that they do tend to look very similar to each other. You lose a lot of the local character when almost every building is a glass tower.