Why do all major cities in any specific country always look the same??? What causes cities to not develop their own styles???
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Why do all major cities in any specific country always look the same??...
Ryan Robinson
Austin Edwards
Globohomogenization
Liam Martinez
There are certain styles that are very common in northern Germany but virtually nonexistent in Southern Germany. I'm not too familiar with architecture styles in other countries.
Nicholas Harris
Eli Peterson
I never knew Korea had 1920's Art Deco building.
Chase Hernandez
is that a prison block?
Benjamin Rivera
>cities in any specific country
From my understanding, OP was comparing cities within one individual country.
David Howard
Was meant for
Adam Nelson
>What causes cities to not develop their own styles
There is a lot and I mean A LOT of brutalist architecture in San Jose, don't know why but the government is big on it
Gives the old shithole its own style in my opinion
Mason Foster
Nationalism. The most striking example is the levelling of the medieval city of Paris (which was a squalid open-air dump) to replace it with its current Haussmannian incarnation. In fact, in Medieval and Early Modern France, no two cities looked the same—Gothic architecture spread from Île-de-France to the rest of Europe, which led to it splitting into several regional styles, but even within feudal France, there were highly noticeable differences between Parisian Gothic, Norman Gothic, Burgundian Gothic and Southern Gothic.
Feudalism favoured the development of several major cities ruled by rival lords, hence architectural styles were regional and therefore different from one another. The rise of nationalism and the global city led to other major cities in France, such as Bordeaux, Lyon and Marseille, copying Paris' Haussmannian style. Only in French cities that were once important but have since declined, such as Dijon or Reims, can you see the diversity in styles that once defined European cities.
Noah Thompson
Amsterdam, Utrecht, The Hague and Rotterdam look quite different imo.
Benjamin Smith
Most cities here look alike, except the major ones.
Asher Carter
Who's lying here
Connor Gray
The coolest one is this one the "contraloria general de la Republica" every side of it is different
Zachary Cox
I like looking up pictures from French medieval towns, the architecture is always really unique and novel
Logan Turner
Tyler Brown
We have hundreds of cities. The big ones stand out. And Maastricht, because it basically lies abroad. The others are interchangable. Just a comfy Dutch style.
Chase Wilson
Thomas Ramirez
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Henry Davis
You also make the very good (and rare) point that national-level standardization is very similar to global homogenization. Cities used to have their own cultures and dialects, with ancient greece being a prime example. The modern nation state coincides with the disappearance of local cultures and integration into the national, but this is a fact mostly overlooked nowadays (at least on Any Forums)
Ryder Foster
Yeah I agree, nationalism was a precursor to globalisation in that regard. It's always funny to see nationalists who think they're trad when they just fell for a spook created by the rootless bourgeoisie 200 hundred years ago. Nobles and peasants were the ones with true ties to blood and soil.
Hunter Lopez
I disagree, not the case in Poland
of course communism killed that, so its mostly visible on early 20th century buildings. but even then there were commieblock variants used locally
Its the small towns that all look the same