re: #141 lawhawk

Composites would probably begin showing up in some fashion, but would never fully replace concrete and steel.

They keep coming up with new types of concrete - lightweight and more flexible than older iterations, and the new types of steel are even more durable and less prone to rust and fatigue.

My problem with the romanticism in architecture is that it then doesn’t become architecture but a form of conservatism in the conservatory sense. We build period buildings of our time. We design buildings around concepts from the current era.

The Empire State building was designed around 1929 or 84 years ago. It was designed according to the aesthetics of the time and not those from 84 years hence, or 1845. I’m sure there were people back then who thought the Empire State building was hideous and longed for the buildings from 1845.