My father is a construction superintendent. He came here from Italy back in 1964 knowing absolutely nothing and he learned whatever he needed to, in order to support a family of 4.
Over the past decade or so, he has noticed a significant decrease in the quality of construction of commercial property. The "Bottom Line" is the ONLY thing that matters to construction contractors. They don't care if the building is put together with bubble gum, as long as it's quasi-presentable to a prospective buyer, that's all that matters.
It's very sad, but it's true! If a construction company can save a few hundred bucks here and a few hundred bucks there by cutting corners on design and layout issues, ultimately that means they put a few thousand dollars in their own respective pockets!
The esthetic appeal is DRASTICALLY diminished and they just don't care. In my humble this is a very sad state of affairs!
If you want TRUE architecture, look at the Duomo in Florence, Italy. Now that is a work of art and a completely functional building as well. Why can't beautiful Art and functional design amalgamate today? Why do we need to succumb to the power and influence of the "All Mighty Dollar"?
If you had a choice between an absolutely beautiful/functional Town House for $1,000,000, OR an average looking/quasi functional Town House for $800,000 wouldn't you much rather take the absolute drop dead gorgeous Town House for a little more money instead of settling for an average looking and inadequately functional Town House? I know I would?
That's probably why I'm writing this little soap-box message on a dual 800Mhz G4 PowerMac, 160GB HD, 1.5 GB RAM NVIDIA GeForce3 64 MB... anyway, you get the picture.
I appreciate quality and I'm not afraid to pay for it!
Adamo =)
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My father is a construction superintendent. He came here from Italy back in 1964 knowing absolutely nothing and he learned whatever he needed to, in order to support a family of 4. Over the past decade or so, he has noticed a significant decrease in the quality of construction of commercial property. The "Bottom Line" is the ONLY thing that matters to construction contractors. They don't care if the building is put together with bubble gum, as long as it's quasi-presentable to a prospective buyer, that's all that matters. It's very sad, but it's true! If a construction company can save a few hundred bucks here and a few hundred bucks there by cutting corners on design and layout issues, ultimately that means they put a few thousand dollars in their own respective pockets! The esthetic appeal is DRASTICALLY diminished and they just don't care. In my humble this is a very sad state of affairs! If you want TRUE architecture, look at the Duomo in Florence, Italy. Now that is a work of art and a completely functional building as well. Why can't beautiful Art and functional design amalgamate today? Why do we need to succumb to the power and influence of the "All Mighty Dollar"? If you had a choice between an absolutely beautiful/functional Town House for $1,000,000, OR an average looking/quasi functional Town House for $800,000 wouldn't you much rather take the absolute drop dead gorgeous Town House for a little more money instead of settling for an average looking and inadequately functional Town House? I know I would? That's probably why I'm writing this little soap-box message on a dual 800Mhz G4 PowerMac, 160GB HD, 1.5 GB RAM NVIDIA GeForce3 64 MB... anyway, you get the picture. I appreciate quality and I'm not afraid to pay for it! Adamo =)