[Porsche-O-Phile]

I can't say I disagree.

At risk at writing another "P-O-P's Dissertation on the Sad State of Contemporary Architecture" I'll just say this:

What a society builds is a reflection of its values, priorities and beliefs. And I don't necessarily mean just the monumental buildings - I mean the vernacular stuff. If/when anthropologists from the future find anything left of today's junk (I mean "buildings") they will gain some valuable insights into our own societal values, priorities and beliefs - largely we're about cheap, temporary, transient, throwaway, about "bigness" rather than intelligent and economical, well-tailored design choices. Our choices in building construction tend to reflect this pretty well.

Sadly most stuff is a reflection of the not-so-flattering values I mentioned however there are some really neat designs out there too. They're few and far between, but if you look you can find them - the ones that take your breath away and really do speak to you.

HOWEVER (I'll throw this out for thought), can you think of one that is both HONEST (i.e. reflects our values as a society) and BEAUTIFUL? Those are rarer still, but they're also out there - if you care to look for them.

Oh well, enough intellectualizing - back to processing change order requests and dealing with power-tripping idiot building officials.