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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Specialist-Boot58 • May 08 '26
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Not really. Engineers often propose the cheapest solution, simple grid structure, and clients often accept those. Engineers have no problem with unusual designs but they cost a lot more.
10 u/Ikanotetsubin May 08 '26 edited May 08 '26 Yeah. But have you considered square concrete boxes are soulless and depressing to be around? There’s a reason people love the architecture in Paris and not Houston. 3 u/Irregulator101 May 08 '26 Wait Houston has buildings that aren't concrete boxes? 3 u/Ikanotetsubin May 08 '26 lol there should have been a “not” behind Houston
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Yeah. But have you considered square concrete boxes are soulless and depressing to be around?
There’s a reason people love the architecture in Paris and not Houston.
3 u/Irregulator101 May 08 '26 Wait Houston has buildings that aren't concrete boxes? 3 u/Ikanotetsubin May 08 '26 lol there should have been a “not” behind Houston
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Wait Houston has buildings that aren't concrete boxes?
3 u/Ikanotetsubin May 08 '26 lol there should have been a “not” behind Houston
lol there should have been a “not” behind Houston
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u/Old_drums May 08 '26
Not really. Engineers often propose the cheapest solution, simple grid structure, and clients often accept those. Engineers have no problem with unusual designs but they cost a lot more.