Do you think modern houses are an eyesore?

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Those houses look perfect for that neighborhood. They would blend in nicely with the 1920s houses.

I'd prefer a floating version of one of those

Quite a few houses where I live are old and very large. I think they were built back when parents commonly had at least ten kids, which for us must have been the 1950's.

I did start looking at houses more after I started playing The Sims 2-4 to give me ideas on how to build them in the games.

Some of the pictures I found of the very tiny ones actually had wheels. I suppose to hook up to a truck and haul around. Not exactly sure why, though.




I actually spent hours recreating houses from plans that I found online for the Sims 3. It was one of my obsessions for awhile. I made some very nice houses that way. I did change them a bit to suit the game.

My computer's graphics card is too crappy for the Sims 4, and can't be changed as it's a laptop

I really want the Sims 4.

I wanna subterranean house!

^^^ It's sort of like a Hobbit house! I want a Hobbit house! Just like in the movies. I'm small like a Hobbit, too. Well, I'm not nearly as small as an actual Hobbit would be if they actually existed.

Same here but my girlfriend is not attracted to modern houses.

I'd love to live in that house.

That is awesome.

yeh, in my next life under better circumstances I will live in a place like that cave house in AZ.

Wow, I can't believe I never knew this guy as an architect, I've only ever seen his paintings. These buildings are so beautiful - its like Gaudi in a really good mood found the paint palette. I think I can feel a new obsession coming on. Thanks for the link Trogluddite.

^^Thanks, Jozie, you're welcome.

He's certainly a very interesting person. His architecture is based around a some very interesting concepts about how we create and inhabit our environment. For example, he believes in allowing the building workers to contribute their own ideas to the design and decoration even while construction is in progress, and that tenants should have the right to modify their home to best suit their personality. He's also very keen to make his buildings as environmentally friendly as possible - using turf roofs, and what he calls "tree tenants", to add more greenery even in the most densely packed urban environments.

His overarching idea is to challenge the conformism of all wearing similar clothes, living in similar looking houses, driving similar looking cars. He sees those things as layers of identity that we project to everyone around us, and that the modern world expects us to suppress our identity and personal taste by imposing so many "rules" for how those things should appear.