You know what's also overused? Those square boxes that everyone builds nowadays with no artistic value whatsoever. Most the the crap they build nowadays is a copy paste of the same cement box all over again. Even skyscrapers all look the same nowadays. At least in the time of the empire state building, they actually tried to make it artistically unique. Most skyscrapers nowadays are just a glass stick and the only thing thay architects try to make it "unique" is giving it a weird angle.
@@rurathn5534 notice how your comment did not get a single like. Back to architectural school with you, good sir, where you can be indoctrinated into loving ugly, dystopian design.
I hope that more Western cities embrace that style. As for non-western countries, I want them to remembrance their old styles too. It would make the cities of the world look different, and I think it’d make them less boring places by far.
@@dimasvenancio709 Unfortunately a return to tradition also usually beings along with it separatism, and ethnocentrism. Different groups vying for the superiority of their art, culture and history. I would rather a unified world with some sense of global culture than a divided one. But I understand that is not what you mean, I echo the sentiment but I am pessimistic about what that does to cultures and societies.
It reminds me of Brave New World, where aesthetic beauty that harkens back to the past is only accessible to the highest of the elite, while the plebs are surrounded by the intentionally crafted modernist hellscape. Not encouraging tbh.
@@venator0405 Not everyone is religious.?! That`s good news. And nor am i religious, nor was i ever religious. And nor do i follow or believe in a religion. All religions are masons made up stories, just to keep mankind confused and busy believing all kinds of nonsenses, the most is known, that into heaven goes many ways, That is masons lie. Only through the ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD, CHRIST - can we go into heaven. But there is few buts: Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. That verse sifts out the lukewarm christians, who proudly scream out and letting others know they believe, yet they do not do so in their hearts. Christians = saved souls, who go and sins no more and until their deaths or the returning of CHRIST, are all doing daily the will of GOD: KEEP PREACH WATCH EXPOSE + being daily in a battle agents his own flesh. For every Christian must walk after the SPIRIT and not after the flesh: Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Romans 8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For no Christian are called to just believe but to be also a doer of THE WORD :James 1:23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: These are the 2 buts. Again i say, it is good news that you, dear soul, are not religious. And if we`d be to take a Christianity as a religion, then no soul be saved for real and Christ either died in vain or not at all -- that is a lie, stating that Christianity is a religion and not a reality is a lie. For it is a fact that no religion saves. Christianity do saves, for no soul becomes a Christian, until he have gotten saved, called upon the name of the lord, which proofed the needed faith to be there.
When I saw the Roman arch in Leptis Magna, I was surprised by the weird design, but it made me realize that the Romans were also trying new things all the time. They were not just copying the Greeks, they were trying to surpass them, while respecting them. We need architects who understand classical architecture, but can also add their own vision so it doesn't just become a sterile copy of abstraction of old styles.
Not to mention the fact that the triumphal arch was not a greek monument, just as the triumphal column, the basilica, the amphitheatre, the baths... Romans added a lot to greek and hellenistic architecture (not to mention engineering masterpieces such as the aqueducts) while holding them in the greatest respect
We need architecture that is beautiful. Everyone goes to Paris and Amsterdam. No one goes for downtown phoenix or houston. If modern architecture cannot delver beauty, then it has failed.
As an American, I’m so happy my country was on here. I love the architecture that we inherited from our European routes being constructed. Hopefully we’ll see it way more in the coming years. Thanks for the great video, as always.
We have invented several of our own styles, europeans have very little to do with any of them stop groveling at the feet of those who turn their noses up at you and ignoring the fantastic vision of AMERICANS who created their own ways
@@victorkreig6089 yeah yeah. Chill ur ass. We europeans arent ur enemies we are ur friends. No need to not stand to your roots while also emphasising on your own creations that buildt upon the old.
@@verilyheldLove how everyone hates Le Corbusier. Particularly love when contrarian commies defend “function over form” and laude him clearly before finding out he was a literal fascist.
As a architecture student one year away from graduation it makes me very happy that classicism is, once again, being seriously considered as an option in new designs. Historical inspirations make architecture so much richer, it’s crazy to just ignore everything that came before us
Humans are done with the lifeless, cold modern architecture. Our eyes need something to hold onto. Never (and I say never!!) fall for the lie that the architecture nowadays is progressive and somewhat timeless. It’s crap. You have to tear it down at some point because it’s too hideous. Yes, it can be nice to have some modern contrasts (e.g. museums), but in general we need warm & friendly architecture.
@@manuelmuller3105 international style mid century modernism is very classy, symmetrical, geometric. People got tired of ornaments, it is overcrowded and exhausting when it is all around. We, people need minimalism and simplicity to some degree. I can't literally imagine myself living in baroque interior with whole biblical story on ceiling.
There's a Catholic abbey (St. Michael's Abbey) in the hills near where I live in Orange County, CA. that was just built within the past few years in a Romanesque style, it even has painted frescoes and Byzantine-style mosaics inside. I'm not Catholic or even Christian for that matter but I paid a visit just for the art alone and it convincingly feels like something from Medieval Europe only built in our contemporary age. Their old building by the way was a more modernist building from 1961 so perhaps this is them going "back to their roots" so to speak.
Thanks for letting me know. While we are Philadelphia people, my daughter is a student at Chapman U. Next time i visit I will make sure to make an architectural "pilgrimage," not only to St. Michael's abbey but also to St. Thomas Aquinas College in Los Angeles mentioned in the video. Thanks for recommending!
@erwinsilva1716 you won't regret either of those visits. Both are "tucked away" from the hustle and bustle of the surrounding regions, in beautiful areas. I passed St. Thomas College on a handful of occasions recently but had no idea of the architecture, and kicking myself for not being more inquisitive. Ojai (pronounced "Oh-Hi")is a cool, eclectic area and worth the drive.
I live in Nashville and love the Schermerhorn symphony center. It's beautiful inside and out and I'm so glad they went with a classical inspired design because everything else new around there is modernist.
When classicism was revived in Rome during the Renaissance, it took many decades for the works to become truly graceful - the palazzo Della cancelleria was the first of these buildings in Rome and is clunky as one might expect. So it is not surprising that the new buildings will take a few years to begin regaining the fully ancient beauty, as many have pointed out!
I live in New York City and when I explore Manhattan, I notice a lot of apartments, penthouses, and even a good number of skyscrapers being constructed in an Art Deco or Art Deco inspired style (with some elements of modern architecture such as larger windows). It definitely serves to keep the spirit and history of NYC alive and well for ages to come!
I agree these buildings are the spirit of NY In Paris tourists enjoy the city built from the middle age to art deco but who cares of skyscrapers of the business district of La Défense ?
@@guzy1971 I am wondering if you are a Parisian, is Paris dominated by modern buildings or does it retain its extensive amount of traditional architecture, uninterrupted by the monstrosities that modern buildings are?
@@anonymousr1918 You have to understand that the co called city of Paris, visited by tourists, is a 2 M people city in the center of a almost 11 M people conurbation. yes, the historical architectural identity of the city has been globally preserved, in many parts of the surrounding suburbs as well, especially in the western part of the agglomeration, the wealthiest one. In the 60's the decision was made to locate the modern Business District outside the historcal center (quartier La Défense). This decision saved the city center. As for the current real estate programs built in the area they look like any modern programs you can see in the video. some cities around Paris try to impose some traditional architectural requirements in certain neighborhoods.
@@guzy1971La defence is soul destroying- not only sky scrapers but a near complete lack of greenery. Thank goodness Paris’ catacombs saved it form the skyscraper.
Modern achitecture really makes me feel depressed sometimes. Seeing this gives me hope for the future. Perhaps we will start building beautiful and pleasant cities once more.
@@icanusesakurasforeheadasap4304 no reason to destroy a historic city center, modern architecture really destroys that amazing feeling of the city center. Keep modern buildings somewhere else please.
I love this! I hope traditional architecture is not just reserved for art galleries, elite universities and religious buildings though - everyone deserves to live in beautiful space!
It was about time. Lending buildings distinct character and personality can only be good. We have had many decades behind us were the prime objective was to admire new architecure because of its postmodern naffness. Happy to see that this form of prefab monstrositys got some really serious competition
Postmodern architecture helped reintroduce classicism after the devastating flood of mid century modernism. It still had a sense of ornament and visual decoration that mimicked a lot of previous styles like Classicism, Art Deco, Beaux-Arts, Romanesque, etc. The results weren't always pretty but at least they weren't boring glass/concrete cubes and rectangles. Indeed, it was a response to the bland monotony of modernism, adopting the philosophy of "less is a bore" to modernism "less is more".
@@TimothyCHenderson post modern was like ironic hint to Classical architecture. Like some parody. I think postmodern architects are also against legit revivals of classical architecture, just like their modernist counterparts. However the good thing postmod architects did is challenging the notion modernist architecture is a final stage of architecture.
@@TimothyCHenderson Mid century modernism is probably one of the best architecture periods. Those clean lines and forms, spaces around buildings are so refreshing. I am talking about premium, good projects, not average cheap apartment buildings.
@@GhilasAitAmizarObviously classical architecture didn’t begin in Greece, but the majority of what’s being replicated here is certainly in the Greek style. The Doric/Ionik/Corinthian pillars, triangular pediment, entablature, metopes, triglyphs, frieze, were largely derived from Ancient Greece
@Ghilas are you crazy? Of course it originates from Hellas🇬🇷 Hellas is our real actual Historical name! We don’t use this term, this is a Roman mistake! Doric, Ionian and Corinthian columns are from Hellas! Everything that the modern world calls “Roman” is Hellenic🇬🇷 because Roman adopted our civilisation and culture! They adopted our civilisation, architecture, gods, poetry, literature… etc This style of columns, metopes, decorations, statues are all deriving from Ancient Hellas🇬🇷 Other ancient civilisations like Egypt, China, Babylon, Persia… have nothing to do with this style! All the European styles were based in our style! Renaissance, Baroque, Gothic took some elements of our architecture and they created theirs!
Greece had so many beautiful neo-classical buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it’s so sad that most were destroyed in the earthquake of 1954. The modern replacements in Athens and other Greek cities look like those of any other modern city in the world: plain, soulless and ugly. It’s a shame, but I know that people desperately needed housing, fast, after that disaster. Unfortunately, I’m not convinced that they were any better designed and constructed to resist earthquakes than their much more beautiful and suitable predecessors. Greece should learn from the recent earthquake in Turkey and begin replacing those buildings and should require neo-classic design for them, too. Greeks deserve better than what they got after the War, Nazi Occupation and earthquake! My father grew up then and there, he was born in Volos in 1930. From a Hellenic-American, Kalimera🙂
@@universetraveler5826 I feel like a lot of the Greek revival and classical styles based on rome Greece and surrounding areas are more Western European and American looking in nature than actually Greek or Roman often with local influences as well 🤷🏾♂️.
wouldn't it also be kind of the same? It should take more inspiration from local architectural traditions around the world to give them a sense of local identity within the culture they are in.
It would be suffocating. We need freedom even if it means some spaces allocated to graffiti and or run down shanty town shackle areas and dead urban environments, even if soulless, cold, and concrete riddled. Or we would go mentally insane trying to constantly fit in to society's unrealistic 'prim and proper' expectations and have nervous breakdowns. We need places to express pure artistic freedom from time to time. Places where we are free to be wild rather than constantly suppressed like some poor Victorian housewife forever bound in corsette, locked up and never heard from again.
i am glad to see classical architecture making a return, but i am surprised that you didn't include Le Plessis-Robinson in your video. it is a small town in the outskirts of Paris and what they have done with the place is truly incredible. if you now take a walk in it's streets it will seem like a very quaint little french town, a beautiful place but nothing too out of the ordinary. but not even a decade ago that town was absolutely dismal, filled with concrete blocks and overall very brutal architecture. it was not a good place to live in but the mayor actually did something about it and the makeover of the town was perfect. they even sold the new apartments back to the original inhabitants at a great price. this is a great video about the town if anyone's interested. th-cam.com/video/XfonhlM6I7w/w-d-xo.html
I thought about including new urban towns like Seaside, Poundbury or Cayala, but in the end I decided to focus on individual buildings instead of urbanism. The transformation of Le Plessis-Robinson is fascinating though!
@@tomassakalauskas2856 Once the stone starts to appear weathered, I think Le Plessis-Robinson will look a lot less kitschy. But I agree, there is a bit of kitsch in it as well, even though I like it overall.
@@tomassakalauskas2856 it seems like when a building is done faithfully to Classical design then it is called "copying" but when it isn't strictly to rules then it is called "disney"
@@kingsandthings I'm skeptical that a great change could come about without a change in planning policy. That's why I'm studying planning. It seems like the most effective way to change architecture.
Some of these neoclassical projects, such as the Hotel Adlon, need a little more decoration... the mix of order and complexity is part of what makes so much neoclassical architecture superb. Can't just have order... that's the mistake modernism made. The Thomas Aquinas college building is a masterpiece.
I agree, it is like new Classical architects are just too afraid to design something really ornamented as they are already hated by modernist architects for daring to add cornices on a building.
@@velvet3784 not afraid- the budget is often just not there. The most beautiful buildings almost always had big institutional backing. But yes, many practitioners were educated in modernism and err on the side of "safety" so to speak.
totally agree. As someone living in Berlin a lot of times when seeing a building I thought that the general outlay is very nice but the detail is not there. I feel arcitecture has such a big influence on how I feel in a city. Let´s choose beauty.
I always found it weird just how much architecture schools hated classic architecture, but I guess that's how trends work, when you're on board with a trend anything that opposes it is something you'll look down on.
I am someone who one day aspires to be an architect and i feel like the reason they reject the classical architecture is the same reason why bad art sells for ridiculous prices as buildings are extremely valuable assets to own.
@@johnseppethe2nd2 Like don't get me wrong, classical elitism is also unhealthy but I question why modern architects still aspire to the forms of brutalism. Brutalist buildings are seldom ever good places to live in let alone look at, it's like someone studied that which scientifically makes humans feel disgust and turned said philosophy into an architectural style.
Classical is quite boring. We did that revival 3 times already. But you are also right, now we are hating on mid century modernism and brutalism, I hope we will start hating our "new" glass boxes, they are the worst.
@@ligametis I side with creativity, practicality and beauty and think modernism can be so much better than it is. All it takes is a great mind to start a healthy new trend, and a great corrupted mind to squander potential for greatness. Point being that a disruptive space will make disruptive tennants.
I have always like classical architecture and am happy to see a resurgence. Exposed concrete walls that are loved in modern architecture are very ugly and look unfinished
Thank you for showcasing outstanding works of current classical design without engaging in architect and modern style bashing. Other channels try to make their case for the classical style by doing this and it does not reflect well for their case. The case to be made is, whatever the style, to engage good designers and good materials.
I hope that a new architectural movement springs out of all this back and forth between classicism and modernism. I think instead of viewing either style as a complete solution they should both be mined for inspiration and utilized as tools to create something that represents this moment in time.
@@bigorstojanov184 nonsense. classical, especially roman, architecture uses principles of crowd movement, creates green spaces and gathering sites to avoid monotony, plans for use of light and existing landscape and lastly population control. these principles representing centuries of research carry over into individual buildings. how is one wealthy person imposing a wastful, inefficient and often unused structure that is often in visual opposition to surrounding structures 'interesting'?
Thank you for this video. I had no idea that these beautiful buildings were still being made. I’d love to see more of this, and hopefully local councils will start hiring these architects to build beautiful buildings that fit into the local aesthetic, rather than the current trend of plonking spilled husks in any gap between the beautiful historic buildings already there. Also, The Dickies arena in Fort Worth reminds me of the old Wembley station.
If you ain't gonna make a beautiful building, don't blame us for looking to the past. No, stop saying brutalism or upside down pizza shaped buildings are beautiful.@@JohnnyZenith
Very nice job; well done. I consider myself a fan of architecture in general. Thank you for showing such great examples of current-day classical work. These were all good examples of which I have had the pleasure of seeing a few.
Looking back to historical monument is good, copying it is not. Innovative is a must in architecture, blindly going back to the past is not the way for human architecture evolution. We have came a long path, so why stop now?
Because no one wants to live in depressing glass & steel boxes and it's about time this idiotic argument of "MUH human progression MUH future" gets thrown out. People don't want "the future" if the future looks like literal Hell.
@@HighFlyingOwlOfMinerva you just said it to yourself, there are people who dont want to live in a box with full decorated columns and unnecessarily fancy exteriors, they want technology and features, not fake old shit that some of you people considered "beautiful". Classical shit has its place, and so is modern shit. The fact that you don't like modern shit doesn't mean that others will have the same view as you, different people tend to like different things, is that a new concept to you? I know a lot of people who absolutely love the freshness and simplicity of modernism, and no, they aren't even architects or architecture students.
The genuine “modern” architecture is in fact Classical for the simple reason that it is timeless. It has survived highs and lows for over 2,000 years because it has never been surpassed.
The residential buildings by Sebastian Treese Architects demonstrate that classically-informed design doesn't need to be doctrinaire, and can incorporate a range of influences (including the uber-Modernist Adolf Loos!) to make something that's historically conscious but still has a contemporary point of view. Greifweg 14-16 is one of my favorite buildings and I love that you included it in this video.
The important thing here, which isn't mentioned in the video, is the *context* in which they are sited. Particularly the projects at Yale, Thomas Aquinas College, or Bond Street are in a shared context and are keeping the same style as surrounding buildings. Even the Las Vegas one mentioned in Art Deco style is more keeping with the associations of that stylistic era (they didn't put a classical building in Las Vegas which has no neo-classical heritage). These are the right styles for their context, but not for all. Whilst these projects shown are beautiful, its not a wider solution to "dystopian" modernism. [EXPENSIVE]
I think this movement should be promoted in the entire world, even beyond Western traditions. It would be awesome to see countries like China, Korea, Japan, Thailand or India building again in the classical and traditional styles of their architecture. Soooo much culture and identity was lost when they decided to "modernize" and renounce to it. In the Arab World some countries like Egypt and the UAE seem to be interested in reviving traditional architecture with buildings like the new Presidental Palace in Abu Dhabi or the new Egyptian Congress. I think even Subsaharan Africa and Latin America could start bringing back their precolonial styles of architecture as well. The Maya, Inca, Aztec, Benin, Zimbabue and Swahili peoples had fantastic forms of architecture.
The problem to me seems that many people don't understand that beauty and meaning is a desired function as well. Structures and various other objects and products should still be designed to be useful.
Great video, I highly appreciate it! Over the course of time I became more and more interested in traditional and classical architecture, and have been admiring the current trend of a rather rational traditionalism/classicism in Germany. Many other countries, such as the UK, Sweden and Norway also start to resist against the Modernist paradigm, and are designing rather traditionally again. Thus creating architecture that is aware of its context and culture, which is so important to create a liveable urban environment, and an unique place to love. Currently I am graduating for my master’s at one of the most renowned architecture universities in the world. I’ve tried to learn and design according to the principles I’ve just mentioned, but it is still taboo. I’ve been made fun of, by my teachers, for designing something that is “looking like something old”, have been “experimenting with something they were experimenting a 150 years ago”, and have been “designing something like a 1980’s Postmodernist that tries to design a 1930’s building”. The university merely allows and teaches a “modern” way of thinking. In the end, my designs always get thrown under the bus, resulting in something odd, something that my professor’s want me to design, instead of something that I personally prefer and stand for. So, again thanks for making people aware of this other movement. It gives me hope, and a bit of courage to push throough all of this. It’s been very rough the past 1,5 years during my master’s. Hopefully this taboo will change anytime soon, for the better.
The Netherlands too. I'm seeing more and more new buildings being constructed in a certain traditional style. Even skyscrapers are starting to look somewhat decent again thanks to architects like Hans Kollhoff. Also, good luck with the graduation period! I know it may be difficult right now, but just remember that they are the past and you are the future. Over time their designs will be obsolete and you'll be teaching the next generation how it's supposed to be. ;)
Holy moly I think Greifweg 14-16 is the most beautiful building I've ever seen. 14:00
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I loved your video and channel. As a composer, I have been trying to incorporate classical elements amongst contemporary features in my music. It was very insightful to witness the same being done in architecture.
Only problem of rebuilding the beautiful architecture of the past is that, you will never admire them together as they are blocked by hundreds of roadsigns, billboards, advertisements, and bright colorful fastfood and convenience stores that are not only shoulder to shoulder to each other in small towns, but are always renovating to stand out to the eye of driving-by consumers (at the expense of a town or cities flow of beauty).
Limited resources and technology meant cities in classical greece and rome had to be carefully planned. It's not just having columns, but rather intelligent and passive resource management. We would be wise to reintegrate these forgotten elements into our modern cities.
Yeah, people who prefer modernistic styles of architecture are a strong minority, yet, most architects are modernists. Time and time again they go against what majority of people prefer and force their buildings to mark their name upon society that society has to live with. It's human nature to like beautiful buildings. It's what makes us feel good, and it's good for our mental health. Modernistic forms of architecture are literally hostile to the eyes and to the psyche. This has been studies upon. Really glad to see it making a small comeback, but I hope it will come back for real some day.
The Hotel Adlon in Berlin is a reconstruction. The original building was destroyed in a fire in the 1920s and then again in 1945 during the 2nd World War. The ruins were then demolished because of the construction of the Berlin Wall. In the 1990s, the City of Berlin decided to rebuild it and therefore its "just" a copy of the original building.
Something I love about the Bundestag is when it was rebuilt it was adapted and blended with modern designs its perfectly symbolic of post war germanys struggle to rebuild and reform itself away from its hideous past
It’s great to know that there is a growing movement within architecture to return to classical style. I hope that in addition to classical/ neo-classical there’s a boom in the styles of Victorian/Edwardian,Craftsman,Gothic and Art Deco.
I don’t think I’ve ever watched a video about architecture without a feeling of either frustration or melancholy. This video was just hopeful. Thank you for making it.
I love this video and I really hope the trend you showcase continues. I was really surprised by the German examples because I mainly have the picture of post-war architecture in mind and no real will to come back to historic architecture. This is especially the case in Hannover, the town where I'm from. The Second World War destroyed a lot of the historic buildings and now we have some, in my opinion, really ugly places full of concrete like the Kröpcke. As such, I hope that more architects will take up this combination of historic and modern styles. Recently I went to a conference in the Humboldt-Forum in Berlin, which is a very interesting building. The facade is mainly a reconstruction of the old city palace from the 18th and 19th century but inside is a modern interior with large conference halls and a museum. It's broken up with reconstructed historic elements and is, in my opinion, a very good example of how to combine historic architecture lost to the war and accomodation of modern needs. I hope that other places and institutions go down a similar route, especially German city centers in middle to large size cities with a predominantly post-war style can benefit from a recollection to historic buildings. I firmly believe that either reconstruction or incorporation of historic architecture into modern buildings can help solve the problem of unattractive places in a city and provide benefits to the mental health of its inhabitants.
I'm surprised there was no mention of the new Moynihan Train Hall in NYC. That was a big, beautiful new structure completed in 2021 in a classical style. Now let's hope they rebuild the original Penn Station next door!
It technically is an older building but repurposed into a new train hall. It was a post office from the same firm that designed the original Penn Station.
While those stunning classical architectures are beautiful, there is a biggest factor why it is beautiful among the sea of shoeboxes: Uniqueness among the sea of potatoes. I do not expect classical style will become the mainstream building style due to economic reality (imagine able to afford a Villa Rotunda while being lower middle class. Even a modular industrial Breznevka might be too expensive for you to afford nowaday). Just like why we only know how basic citizen in classical era lives thru archeology, not surviving buildings, potatoes will be replaced, while gemstone stand to this day.
What is missing in a lot of these building is quirky details, personal style of the architect, capricious fantasy. Maybe it is still a modernist interpretation of classical style, looking for purity and simplicity, rather than a starting point from where to create something truly unique and inspired. But at least it is a start.
Architecture should first and foremost serve the public, the people who see it every day and who use the building. Not the architects vision, for that he has his own house.
@@pietervoogt You're not wrong but I don't completely agree. What is more important in my opinion is the synergy both within the building and in its styling itself but also with its surrounding environment as well. Coming together to ultimately bring about a positive and uplifting feeling to anyone who sees it or lives within said environment.
@@VarvasNukka I also don't disagree but this way of thinking kind of illustrates that many people are actually still thinking in a modernist framework, that is usually about space and concepts. I live in a city (Amsterdam) where I regularly pass by buildings from 4 different centuries and the most joy I get is from the creativity of the architects or artisans. So many unique details, quirky additions and solutions. Many lovers of classical architecture like the order and harmony it offers. I see the order and harmony as only the foundation for an explosion of creativity.
I came for the history of the Wittelsbachs (probably some of the only German royalty I’m not apathetic to or actively loathe) but I’ve found myself staying for the lovely architecture videos. Love this exploration of a beautiful architecture revival
Classical architecture is built on natural design principals. Self supporting structures. Arches. Windows purposefully placed as a constraint of the building's skeleton. Classical buildings send a message of natural order. That's why public buildings have traditionally been made in the classical style. It sends the message that the government is in charge because they ought to be, because their authority in not arbitrary, but based on nature. And think about how these buildings make you feel. If you walk into one of the grand train stations with very high ceilings held up by huge pillars, great works of art and design displayed up and down, and a calming echo of the activities within, it makes you feel like an important person. And when you feel important, you become important. Classical architecture can elevate the human spirit.
My God I need the new beautiful classical and decorative architecture! I am so tired of this world of utilitarian, faceless eco-, vegan-, bio- unflavoured contemporary art with pretentious descriptions which are made in no more then minutes. Yesterday I've read an interview with one designer who said that she was tired of her studies in her Art University in Prague as everything she created needed to have a description of her intentions and inspiration. She said she has never spent more than 10 minutes to retrospectively write something clever and sophisticatedly sounding for her professors to believe she had any inspiration at all. She creates jewellery just without any inspiration, cutting pieces of metal from the base with no intention or idea. Nothing against that but there is no respect to mastery and no respect to details in such contemporary artists, some of them are openly proud of theirs pure narcissistic ambition and an absence of healthy self-criticism. They say it makes them free. They also like to brand anything different as kitsch. What a pathetic world we live in!
I was expecting a video like this. I wish to known also who are the current and most prestigious classical architects today, people like George Saumarez Smith comes to my mind🧐
Aesthetics is in everything we do or don't do. It's a part of being alive, from animals choosing a mate to us preferring one color or style over another. And everything has its own aesthetic. It has its own meaning in and of itself in that its meaning is given by the observer and or the maker of the object being observed. So aesthetics is by nature subjective, whether we like it or not is up to our personal preferences.
Mexico has many beautiful examples of classical architecture, mainly from the 19th century. However, young Mexican architects, probably out of ignorance and poor education, are in love with soviet style cement blocks, which they now build in the middle of beautiful baroque cities. Let us hope this trend ends before there is nothing left of the once beautiful Mexican colonial cities.
I love classical and tradional architecture; it is pleasant to the eye, but the scale doesn't add up in many of the new classic buildings. It misses the golden ratio, the mathmetical scale used, by nature, that makes things pretty. The Greeks discovered the scale by studying nature.
It is called the golden ratio, 1.168. Also I find the cheap-looking, minimalistic, plastic-looking decorating/ornaments, mocking the building. It might just be me, but I thought I am sharing my thoughts.
I think this is an awesome thing! As an art historian, I can tell you that modernism and post-modernism will be forgotten in 200 years. Classics are classics for a reason.
I am so glad to see classical architecture return. Maybe it will restore some life and character to our bland and borderline dystopian looking world
Bruh classical arch. is sooooo boring and over used
You know what's also overused? Those square boxes that everyone builds nowadays with no artistic value whatsoever. Most the the crap they build nowadays is a copy paste of the same cement box all over again. Even skyscrapers all look the same nowadays. At least in the time of the empire state building, they actually tried to make it artistically unique. Most skyscrapers nowadays are just a glass stick and the only thing thay architects try to make it "unique" is giving it a weird angle.
@@rurathn5534 notice how your comment did not get a single like. Back to architectural school with you, good sir, where you can be indoctrinated into loving ugly, dystopian design.
the world looked completely different 100 years ago and it will look completely different in another 100
@@rurathn5534 Said no one, ever.
I hope that more Western cities embrace that style. As for non-western countries, I want them to remembrance their old styles too. It would make the cities of the world look different, and I think it’d make them less boring places by far.
Exactly!! Beauty is not just the possession of the west, the west just has different traditions and cultural motiffs.
My dream is to see the diversity of cultures in architecture, instead of this boring "global" landscape.
Exactly
@@dimasvenancio709 Unfortunately a return to tradition also usually beings along with it separatism, and ethnocentrism. Different groups vying for the superiority of their art, culture and history. I would rather a unified world with some sense of global culture than a divided one. But I understand that is not what you mean, I echo the sentiment but I am pessimistic about what that does to cultures and societies.
Agreed. Chinese, Japanese and even Indian architecture can be so beautiful and unique in its own right.
I’m 14, and I wanna bring old architecture back, thats whole reason I wanna become a architect.
Please help us! We're drowning in boring, ugly, depressing architecture!
same
All the success to you, my brother.
Not trying to tear you down, but WHO is paying to build is more important than WHAT you want to build
There is evident demand I.e. Poundbury Housing development in Dorset, UK
We need more classical architecture in the modern sphere… no more shoe boxes
Agree 100%.
Amen to that
More importantly, no more twisted freaks designed by architects with twisted minds.
yea if not all cities will lose their unique character and all start looking the same
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The new complex at Yale is absolutely breathtaking. Let's hope this trend continues.
It reminds me of Brave New World, where aesthetic beauty that harkens back to the past is only accessible to the highest of the elite, while the plebs are surrounded by the intentionally crafted modernist hellscape. Not encouraging tbh.
@@venator0405 Not everyone is religious.?!
That`s good news. And nor am i religious, nor was i ever religious. And nor do i follow or believe in a religion.
All religions are masons made up stories, just to keep mankind confused and busy believing all kinds of nonsenses, the most is known, that into heaven goes many ways, That is masons lie.
Only through the ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD, CHRIST - can we go into heaven.
But there is few buts:
Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
That verse sifts out the lukewarm christians, who proudly scream out and letting others know they believe, yet they do not do so in their hearts.
Christians = saved souls, who go and sins no more and until their deaths or the returning of CHRIST, are all doing daily the will of GOD:
KEEP
PREACH
WATCH
EXPOSE
+ being daily in a battle agents his own flesh.
For every Christian must walk after the SPIRIT and not after the flesh:
Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Romans 8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
For no Christian are called to just believe but to be also a doer of THE WORD :James 1:23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
These are the 2 buts.
Again i say, it is good news that you, dear soul, are not religious.
And if we`d be to take a Christianity as a religion, then no soul be saved for real and Christ either died in vain or not at all -- that is a lie, stating that Christianity is a religion and not a reality is a lie.
For it is a fact that no religion saves.
Christianity do saves, for no soul becomes a Christian, until he have gotten saved, called upon the name of the lord, which proofed the needed faith to be there.
@@venator0405The point is that momentum in favor of classical or traditional vernacular styles is building, not just for the elite.
When I saw the Roman arch in Leptis Magna, I was surprised by the weird design, but it made me realize that the Romans were also trying new things all the time. They were not just copying the Greeks, they were trying to surpass them, while respecting them. We need architects who understand classical architecture, but can also add their own vision so it doesn't just become a sterile copy of abstraction of old styles.
Not to mention the fact that the triumphal arch was not a greek monument, just as the triumphal column, the basilica, the amphitheatre, the baths... Romans added a lot to greek and hellenistic architecture (not to mention engineering masterpieces such as the aqueducts) while holding them in the greatest respect
There is nothing wrong with copying something that is nice.
We need architecture that is beautiful. Everyone goes to Paris and Amsterdam. No one goes for downtown phoenix or houston. If modern architecture cannot delver beauty, then it has failed.
@@carlosimotti3933 Then tell modern architects to deliver something great. Not shoeboxed al around.
Yeah classical architecture is definitely returning in my Minecraft world
Oh yeah definitely I've already build a few
I've actually built a Greek temple in my world.
@Andre Araujo same I've built three in my minecraft world
I tried it too but lately I ususally build baroque gazebos
You've now got me wondering what'll happen to the architecture world once the children who grew up with Minecraft enter the industry.
As an American, I’m so happy my country was on here. I love the architecture that we inherited from our European routes being constructed. Hopefully we’ll see it way more in the coming years. Thanks for the great video, as always.
We have invented several of our own styles, europeans have very little to do with any of them stop groveling at the feet of those who turn their noses up at you and ignoring the fantastic vision of AMERICANS who created their own ways
@@victorkreig6089 which styles?
Also he was just crediting the Europeans with the roots not everything the USA had achieved.
@@victorkreig6089 yeah yeah. Chill ur ass. We europeans arent ur enemies we are ur friends. No need to not stand to your roots while also emphasising on your own creations that buildt upon the old.
@@maxdavis7722 i'm not very well versed in architechture but i know "chicago school" is/was a pretty major style of architecture
Agreed, it's finally nice to feel a little proud about this country instead of reading comments just shitting on us...
Makes me so happy to witness this in my lifetime. May classical architecture live on eternally and may Post-Modernism rot forever
I'm told Le Corbusier drowned in his swimming pool. If so, it's not the death he deserved, but it'll do.
@@verilyheldHe died quite suddenly while swimming in the ocean. They suspect a heart attack did him in, but they cannot confirm this.
@@unconventionalideas5683 Amazing, that Le Corbusier had a heart.
@@verilyheld Clearly, as one of histories great architects, he did. You on the other hand, judging by your comment, DO NOT. Imbecile.
@@verilyheldLove how everyone hates Le Corbusier. Particularly love when contrarian commies defend “function over form” and laude him clearly before finding out he was a literal fascist.
As a architecture student one year away from graduation it makes me very happy that classicism is, once again, being seriously considered as an option in new designs.
Historical inspirations make architecture so much richer, it’s crazy to just ignore everything that came before us
No more abstract blobs please. I hate what they've done to the skyline of london. Look up one blackfrairs building for reference.
oh, seriously? Don't build it, it is so unimaginative and boring.
You say thank Trump for the new law
Humans are done with the lifeless, cold modern architecture. Our eyes need something to hold onto. Never (and I say never!!) fall for the lie that the architecture nowadays is progressive and somewhat timeless. It’s crap. You have to tear it down at some point because it’s too hideous.
Yes, it can be nice to have some modern contrasts (e.g. museums), but in general we need warm & friendly architecture.
@@manuelmuller3105 international style mid century modernism is very classy, symmetrical, geometric.
People got tired of ornaments, it is overcrowded and exhausting when it is all around. We, people need minimalism and simplicity to some degree. I can't literally imagine myself living in baroque interior with whole biblical story on ceiling.
75% classical
25% modernism
Perfect combination for beautiful cities
I love classical architecture, and other historical styles as well. Glad to see some beauty return to the world.
There's a Catholic abbey (St. Michael's Abbey) in the hills near where I live in Orange County, CA. that was just built within the past few years in a Romanesque style, it even has painted frescoes and Byzantine-style mosaics inside. I'm not Catholic or even Christian for that matter but I paid a visit just for the art alone and it convincingly feels like something from Medieval Europe only built in our contemporary age. Their old building by the way was a more modernist building from 1961 so perhaps this is them going "back to their roots" so to speak.
The Abbey is run by the Norbertines, and the Abbey church evokes what was built in Medieval Europe.
I live only 1 hour from there and can't wait to visit again.. been thinking about it's art and architecture for weeks!
Thanks for letting me know. While we are Philadelphia people, my daughter is a student at Chapman U. Next time i visit I will make sure to make an architectural "pilgrimage," not only to St. Michael's abbey but also to St. Thomas Aquinas College in Los Angeles mentioned in the video. Thanks for recommending!
@erwinsilva1716 you won't regret either of those visits. Both are "tucked away" from the hustle and bustle of the surrounding regions, in beautiful areas. I passed St. Thomas College on a handful of occasions recently but had no idea of the architecture, and kicking myself for not being more inquisitive. Ojai (pronounced "Oh-Hi")is a cool, eclectic area and worth the drive.
@erwinsilva1716 I went to Chapman University for my studies as well, it’s not far from the place I mentioned in fact.
I live in Nashville and love the Schermerhorn symphony center. It's beautiful inside and out and I'm so glad they went with a classical inspired design because everything else new around there is modernist.
I am glad to see classical architecture beeing revived.
When classicism was revived in Rome during the Renaissance, it took many decades for the works to become truly graceful - the palazzo Della cancelleria was the first of these buildings in Rome and is clunky as one might expect. So it is not surprising that the new buildings will take a few years to begin regaining the fully ancient beauty, as many have pointed out!
Later that revival became tacky and overcrowded in baroque, rococo architecture.
@@ligametisBaroque is a mixed bag though.
I live in New York City and when I explore Manhattan, I notice a lot of apartments, penthouses, and even a good number of skyscrapers being constructed in an Art Deco or Art Deco inspired style (with some elements of modern architecture such as larger windows). It definitely serves to keep the spirit and history of NYC alive and well for ages to come!
I agree these buildings are the spirit of NY
In Paris tourists enjoy the city built from the middle age to art deco but who cares of skyscrapers of the business district of La Défense ?
@@guzy1971 I am wondering if you are a Parisian, is Paris dominated by modern buildings or does it retain its extensive amount of traditional architecture, uninterrupted by the monstrosities that modern buildings are?
@@anonymousr1918 You have to understand that the co called city of Paris, visited by tourists, is a 2 M people city in the center of a almost 11 M people conurbation. yes, the historical architectural identity of the city has been globally preserved, in many parts of the surrounding suburbs as well, especially in the western part of the agglomeration, the wealthiest one. In the 60's the decision was made to locate the modern Business District outside the historcal center (quartier La Défense). This decision saved the city center. As for the current real estate programs built in the area they look like any modern programs you can see in the video. some cities around Paris try to impose some traditional architectural requirements in certain neighborhoods.
That seems to have been NYC's peak.
@@guzy1971La defence is soul destroying- not only sky scrapers but a near complete lack of greenery. Thank goodness Paris’ catacombs saved it form the skyscraper.
Modern achitecture really makes me feel depressed sometimes. Seeing this gives me hope for the future. Perhaps we will start building beautiful and pleasant cities once more.
But modern architecture is beautiful too
Things are going to change whether u like it or not
@@icanusesakurasforeheadasap4304 no reason to destroy a historic city center, modern architecture really destroys that amazing feeling of the city center. Keep modern buildings somewhere else please.
@@icanusesakurasforeheadasap4304 it's kinda ugly
@@icanusesakurasforeheadasap4304 And they can easily change in the classical beauty direction if thats what the next generation of architects want.
Detroit is in the process of fully renovating a number of its formerly abandoned Art Deco buildings as well.
Awesome great to see Detroit become better, many Americans view Detroit as a ghost city. Good that it is proving wrong.
It would be great if the Classical style Michigan Central Station is ever restored to its original look.
@@SMartinTX It is, Ford is repurposing the building.
Why? Knock them down!
Art deco IS modernism
I love this! I hope traditional architecture is not just reserved for art galleries, elite universities and religious buildings though - everyone deserves to live in beautiful space!
Wow, these buildings are very beautiful
yes, back when architects worked to please the public eye and add to utility instead of 'making a statement.'
It was about time. Lending buildings distinct character and personality can only be good. We have had many decades behind us were the prime objective was to admire new architecure because of its postmodern naffness. Happy to see that this form of prefab monstrositys got some really serious competition
Postmodern architecture helped reintroduce classicism after the devastating flood of mid century modernism. It still had a sense of ornament and visual decoration that mimicked a lot of previous styles like Classicism, Art Deco, Beaux-Arts, Romanesque, etc. The results weren't always pretty but at least they weren't boring glass/concrete cubes and rectangles. Indeed, it was a response to the bland monotony of modernism, adopting the philosophy of "less is a bore" to modernism "less is more".
@@TimothyCHenderson post modern was like ironic hint to Classical architecture. Like some parody. I think postmodern architects are also against legit revivals of classical architecture, just like their modernist counterparts. However the good thing postmod architects did is challenging the notion modernist architecture is a final stage of architecture.
@@TimothyCHenderson Mid century modernism is probably one of the best architecture periods. Those clean lines and forms, spaces around buildings are so refreshing. I am talking about premium, good projects, not average cheap apartment buildings.
@@velvet3784 Do we really need to try classical revival fourth time?
@@ligametis oh no mid century modern is so lame, the furniture especially the definition of generic
This was a fantastic video! Please turn this into a mini series!
The classical architecture, the neoclassical music and art were so beautiful and perfect.
about time they are bringing back real building. was tired of all the glass designs
I would love to see a revival of classical architecture especially in Greece where it originated
@@GhilasAitAmizarObviously classical architecture didn’t begin in Greece, but the majority of what’s being replicated here is certainly in the Greek style. The Doric/Ionik/Corinthian pillars, triangular pediment, entablature, metopes, triglyphs, frieze, were largely derived from Ancient Greece
@Ghilas are you crazy? Of course it originates from Hellas🇬🇷
Hellas is our real actual Historical name! We don’t use this term, this is a Roman mistake!
Doric, Ionian and Corinthian columns are from Hellas!
Everything that the modern world calls “Roman” is Hellenic🇬🇷 because Roman adopted our civilisation and culture!
They adopted our civilisation, architecture, gods, poetry, literature… etc
This style of columns, metopes, decorations, statues are all deriving from Ancient Hellas🇬🇷
Other ancient civilisations like Egypt, China, Babylon, Persia… have nothing to do with this style!
All the European styles were based in our style!
Renaissance, Baroque, Gothic took some elements of our architecture and they created theirs!
Greece had so many beautiful neo-classical buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it’s so sad that most were destroyed in the earthquake of 1954. The modern replacements in Athens and other Greek cities look like those of any other modern city in the world: plain, soulless and ugly. It’s a shame, but I know that people desperately needed housing, fast, after that disaster. Unfortunately, I’m not convinced that they were any better designed and constructed to resist earthquakes than their much more beautiful and suitable predecessors. Greece should learn from the recent earthquake in Turkey and begin replacing those buildings and should require neo-classic design for them, too. Greeks deserve better than what they got after the War, Nazi Occupation and earthquake! My father grew up then and there, he was born in Volos in 1930. From a Hellenic-American, Kalimera🙂
@@universetraveler5826 I feel like a lot of the Greek revival and classical styles based on rome Greece and surrounding areas are more Western European and American looking in nature than actually Greek or Roman often with local influences as well 🤷🏾♂️.
@@daholyspirit2783 I agree. Some of these don’t look classical at all. Not sure why they were included here
We need beauty back in our cities. Classical beauty literally encourages other higher goods
As an architect practicing in the classical style, I really appreciate your thoughtful survey of some beautiful, contemporary works.bravo!
Architects are such boors.
Barf. Classicism is the death of innovation
That Yale residential project is so beautiful. A+
Imagine if every country did this. The world would be so beautiful
wouldn't it also be kind of the same? It should take more inspiration from local architectural traditions around the world to give them a sense of local identity within the culture they are in.
@@Game_Hero that is also what I meant
Jews hate these things and they “invented” contemporary art and architecture to ruin western civilization so they would reign the new world order
@Richard Hoffman I thought that goes without saying
It would be suffocating. We need freedom even if it means some spaces allocated to graffiti and or run down shanty town shackle areas and dead urban environments, even if soulless, cold, and concrete riddled. Or we would go mentally insane trying to constantly fit in to society's unrealistic 'prim and proper' expectations and have nervous breakdowns. We need places to express pure artistic freedom from time to time. Places where we are free to be wild rather than constantly suppressed like some poor Victorian housewife forever bound in corsette, locked up and never heard from again.
i am glad to see classical architecture making a return, but i am surprised that you didn't include Le Plessis-Robinson in your video. it is a small town in the outskirts of Paris and what they have done with the place is truly incredible. if you now take a walk in it's streets it will seem like a very quaint little french town, a beautiful place but nothing too out of the ordinary. but not even a decade ago that town was absolutely dismal, filled with concrete blocks and overall very brutal architecture. it was not a good place to live in but the mayor actually did something about it and the makeover of the town was perfect. they even sold the new apartments back to the original inhabitants at a great price. this is a great video about the town if anyone's interested.
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I thought about including new urban towns like Seaside, Poundbury or Cayala, but in the end I decided to focus on individual buildings instead of urbanism. The transformation of Le Plessis-Robinson is fascinating though!
@@tomassakalauskas2856 Once the stone starts to appear weathered, I think Le Plessis-Robinson will look a lot less kitschy. But I agree, there is a bit of kitsch in it as well, even though I like it overall.
@@tomassakalauskas2856 it seems like when a building is done faithfully to Classical design then it is called "copying" but when it isn't strictly to rules then it is called "disney"
@@kingsandthings I'm skeptical that a great change could come about without a change in planning policy. That's why I'm studying planning. It seems like the most effective way to change architecture.
@@Daniel-jv1ku Wish you the best. Be prepared to get clever.
Some of these neoclassical projects, such as the Hotel Adlon, need a little more decoration... the mix of order and complexity is part of what makes so much neoclassical architecture superb. Can't just have order... that's the mistake modernism made.
The Thomas Aquinas college building is a masterpiece.
I agree, it is like new Classical architects are just too afraid to design something really ornamented as they are already hated by modernist architects for daring to add cornices on a building.
@@velvet3784 not afraid- the budget is often just not there. The most beautiful buildings almost always had big institutional backing. But yes, many practitioners were educated in modernism and err on the side of "safety" so to speak.
We just don't need such revival. lets move forward with something new.
@@ligametis It's not a revival. It's new design that openly uses the past as inspiration and doesn't try to be newnewnew! with obvious gimmicks.
totally agree. As someone living in Berlin a lot of times when seeing a building I thought that the general outlay is very nice but the detail is not there. I feel arcitecture has such a big influence on how I feel in a city. Let´s choose beauty.
Glad to see beauty coming back
I always found it weird just how much architecture schools hated classic architecture, but I guess that's how trends work, when you're on board with a trend anything that opposes it is something you'll look down on.
I am someone who one day aspires to be an architect and i feel like the reason they reject the classical architecture is the same reason why bad art sells for ridiculous prices as buildings are extremely valuable assets to own.
@@johnseppethe2nd2 Like don't get me wrong, classical elitism is also unhealthy but I question why modern architects still aspire to the forms of brutalism. Brutalist buildings are seldom ever good places to live in let alone look at, it's like someone studied that which scientifically makes humans feel disgust and turned said philosophy into an architectural style.
Classical is quite boring. We did that revival 3 times already. But you are also right, now we are hating on mid century modernism and brutalism, I hope we will start hating our "new" glass boxes, they are the worst.
@@ligametis I side with creativity, practicality and beauty and think modernism can be so much better than it is. All it takes is a great mind to start a healthy new trend, and a great corrupted mind to squander potential for greatness. Point being that a disruptive space will make disruptive tennants.
@@TimSlee1 Brutalism is an acquired taste 🗿
DIna videos är som att läsa de mysigaste böckerna. Fantatstiskt!
I have always like classical architecture and am happy to see a resurgence. Exposed concrete walls that are loved in modern architecture are very ugly and look unfinished
Glad to see classical architecture come back, it brings beauty and life to our cities
Thank you for showcasing outstanding works of current classical design without engaging in architect and modern style bashing. Other channels try to make their case for the classical style by doing this and it does not reflect well for their case. The case to be made is, whatever the style, to engage good designers and good materials.
I absolutely love your channel! Keep up the good work!
I hope that a new architectural movement springs out of all this back and forth between classicism and modernism. I think instead of viewing either style as a complete solution they should both be mined for inspiration and utilized as tools to create something that represents this moment in time.
The classical approach is to ignore time and instead focus on character of place. Architectures of time diminish architectures of place.
One could also describe it as the return of beautiful architecture.
yes, that one is called the uneducated with a very simplistic understanding of architecture and art history
@@bigorstojanov184 nonsense. classical, especially roman, architecture uses principles of crowd movement, creates green spaces and gathering sites to avoid monotony, plans for use of light and existing landscape and lastly population control. these principles representing centuries of research carry over into individual buildings.
how is one wealthy person imposing a wastful, inefficient and often unused structure that is often in visual opposition to surrounding structures 'interesting'?
Thank you for this video. I had no idea that these beautiful buildings were still being made. I’d love to see more of this, and hopefully local councils will start hiring these architects to build beautiful buildings that fit into the local aesthetic, rather than the current trend of plonking spilled husks in any gap between the beautiful historic buildings already there.
Also, The Dickies arena in Fort Worth reminds me of the old Wembley station.
Seeing classical architecture making a comeback is the surest sign to me that we’re going to make it as a species.
It isn't.
If you ain't gonna make a beautiful building, don't blame us for looking to the past. No, stop saying brutalism or upside down pizza shaped buildings are beautiful.@@JohnnyZenith
very interesting video. Always a good day when kings and things uploads
I'm a German architecture student, and love trying to independently study the works of Schinkel and a bit of Biedermeier Style.
Very nice job; well done. I consider myself a fan of architecture in general. Thank you for showing such great examples of current-day classical work. These were all good examples of which I have had the pleasure of seeing a few.
Looking back to historical monument is good, copying it is not. Innovative is a must in architecture, blindly going back to the past is not the way for human architecture evolution. We have came a long path, so why stop now?
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Because no one wants to live in depressing glass & steel boxes and it's about time this idiotic argument of "MUH human progression MUH future" gets thrown out. People don't want "the future" if the future looks like literal Hell.
@@HighFlyingOwlOfMinerva you just said it to yourself, there are people who dont want to live in a box with full decorated columns and unnecessarily fancy exteriors, they want technology and features, not fake old shit that some of you people considered "beautiful".
Classical shit has its place, and so is modern shit. The fact that you don't like modern shit doesn't mean that others will have the same view as you, different people tend to like different things, is that a new concept to you? I know a lot of people who absolutely love the freshness and simplicity of modernism, and no, they aren't even architects or architecture students.
Great overview of some of the most beautiful new classical buildings from the last 30 years. Leon Krier also deserves being mentioned.
The genuine “modern” architecture is in fact Classical for the simple reason that it is timeless. It has survived highs and lows for over 2,000 years because it has never been surpassed.
gothic and art deco : are we a joke to you?
@@Game_Hero A joke? No way! Absolutely love Gothic and Art Deco. 😁
The residential buildings by Sebastian Treese Architects demonstrate that classically-informed design doesn't need to be doctrinaire, and can incorporate a range of influences (including the uber-Modernist Adolf Loos!) to make something that's historically conscious but still has a contemporary point of view. Greifweg 14-16 is one of my favorite buildings and I love that you included it in this video.
The important thing here, which isn't mentioned in the video, is the *context* in which they are sited. Particularly the projects at Yale, Thomas Aquinas College, or Bond Street are in a shared context and are keeping the same style as surrounding buildings. Even the Las Vegas one mentioned in Art Deco style is more keeping with the associations of that stylistic era (they didn't put a classical building in Las Vegas which has no neo-classical heritage). These are the right styles for their context, but not for all.
Whilst these projects shown are beautiful, its not a wider solution to "dystopian" modernism. [EXPENSIVE]
Modernism is dystopian.
Elegance pure. I am glad that classic is gaining on popularity again
Bring back beauty!
Modern architecture is an insult to the eye.
Classical architecture on the other hand is a treasure. A sign of civilization and true culture.
I think this movement should be promoted in the entire world, even beyond Western traditions. It would be awesome to see countries like China, Korea, Japan, Thailand or India building again in the classical and traditional styles of their architecture. Soooo much culture and identity was lost when they decided to "modernize" and renounce to it. In the Arab World some countries like Egypt and the UAE seem to be interested in reviving traditional architecture with buildings like the new Presidental Palace in Abu Dhabi or the new Egyptian Congress. I think even Subsaharan Africa and Latin America could start bringing back their precolonial styles of architecture as well. The Maya, Inca, Aztec, Benin, Zimbabue and Swahili peoples had fantastic forms of architecture.
There's a church in the Philippines called St Lorenzo Ruiz Resemble of Spanish era church
The problem to me seems that many people don't understand that beauty and meaning is a desired function as well.
Structures and various other objects and products should still be designed to be useful.
We need beauty back in our cities.
Great video, I highly appreciate it! Over the course of time I became more and more interested in traditional and classical architecture, and have been admiring the current trend of a rather rational traditionalism/classicism in Germany. Many other countries, such as the UK, Sweden and Norway also start to resist against the Modernist paradigm, and are designing rather traditionally again. Thus creating architecture that is aware of its context and culture, which is so important to create a liveable urban environment, and an unique place to love. Currently I am graduating for my master’s at one of the most renowned architecture universities in the world. I’ve tried to learn and design according to the principles I’ve just mentioned, but it is still taboo. I’ve been made fun of, by my teachers, for designing something that is “looking like something old”, have been “experimenting with something they were experimenting a 150 years ago”, and have been “designing something like a 1980’s Postmodernist that tries to design a 1930’s building”. The university merely allows and teaches a “modern” way of thinking. In the end, my designs always get thrown under the bus, resulting in something odd, something that my professor’s want me to design, instead of something that I personally prefer and stand for. So, again thanks for making people aware of this other movement. It gives me hope, and a bit of courage to push throough all of this. It’s been very rough the past 1,5 years during my master’s. Hopefully this taboo will change anytime soon, for the better.
The Netherlands too. I'm seeing more and more new buildings being constructed in a certain traditional style. Even skyscrapers are starting to look somewhat decent again thanks to architects like Hans Kollhoff.
Also, good luck with the graduation period! I know it may be difficult right now, but just remember that they are the past and you are the future. Over time their designs will be obsolete and you'll be teaching the next generation how it's supposed to be. ;)
Holy moly I think Greifweg 14-16 is the most beautiful building I've ever seen. 14:00
I loved your video and channel. As a composer, I have been trying to incorporate classical elements amongst contemporary features in my music. It was very insightful to witness the same being done in architecture.
this is some good news for once, I like a lot of these but especially that church in California. I hope classical architecture makes a full comeback
It won't.
@@JohnnyZenith i know
Only problem of rebuilding the beautiful architecture of the past is that, you will never admire them together as they are blocked by hundreds of roadsigns, billboards, advertisements, and bright colorful fastfood and convenience stores that are not only shoulder to shoulder to each other in small towns, but are always renovating to stand out to the eye of driving-by consumers (at the expense of a town or cities flow of beauty).
Now I want to get back into architecture
If you understand the ratio 1:1.618. You will understand why classical architecture is so important and so beautiful
I want Gothic back. Victorian gothic is buy far the most beautiful style.
Limited resources and technology meant cities in classical greece and rome had to be carefully planned. It's not just having columns, but rather intelligent and passive resource management. We would be wise to reintegrate these forgotten elements into our modern cities.
Yeah, people who prefer modernistic styles of architecture are a strong minority, yet, most architects are modernists. Time and time again they go against what majority of people prefer and force their buildings to mark their name upon society that society has to live with. It's human nature to like beautiful buildings. It's what makes us feel good, and it's good for our mental health. Modernistic forms of architecture are literally hostile to the eyes and to the psyche. This has been studies upon. Really glad to see it making a small comeback, but I hope it will come back for real some day.
As someone in architecture school, all the professors practically want you to forget about the past and let its architecture die, its quite sad.
This is brilliant, just brilliant.
The Hotel Adlon in Berlin is a reconstruction. The original building was destroyed in a fire in the 1920s and then again in 1945 during the 2nd World War. The ruins were then demolished because of the construction of the Berlin Wall.
In the 1990s, the City of Berlin decided to rebuild it and therefore its "just" a copy of the original building.
Something I love about the Bundestag is when it was rebuilt it was adapted and blended with modern designs its perfectly symbolic of post war germanys struggle to rebuild and reform itself away from its hideous past
It’s great to know that there is a growing movement within architecture to return to classical style. I hope that in addition to classical/ neo-classical there’s a boom in the styles of Victorian/Edwardian,Craftsman,Gothic and Art Deco.
This video, in & of itself, is a Classical work of Art. Simply Enchanting. Bravo!
I'm just glad this half a century of plain boxes modernism it's finally passing, welcome back the classical movement
Few things makes me as happy, as seing a revival of the classical styles. Can't wait for it to become more adopted
I really love your content. Do you have any plans for videos similar to your colour photography one? That was easily my favourite you've done.
I have a couple of ideas actually!
I am glad we are remembering why these old styles were popular for so long in the first place.
I don’t think I’ve ever watched a video about architecture without a feeling of either frustration or melancholy. This video was just hopeful.
Thank you for making it.
Please keep popularizing new traditional architecture!
I love this video and I really hope the trend you showcase continues. I was really surprised by the German examples because I mainly have the picture of post-war architecture in mind and no real will to come back to historic architecture. This is especially the case in Hannover, the town where I'm from. The Second World War destroyed a lot of the historic buildings and now we have some, in my opinion, really ugly places full of concrete like the Kröpcke. As such, I hope that more architects will take up this combination of historic and modern styles.
Recently I went to a conference in the Humboldt-Forum in Berlin, which is a very interesting building. The facade is mainly a reconstruction of the old city palace from the 18th and 19th century but inside is a modern interior with large conference halls and a museum. It's broken up with reconstructed historic elements and is, in my opinion, a very good example of how to combine historic architecture lost to the war and accomodation of modern needs. I hope that other places and institutions go down a similar route, especially German city centers in middle to large size cities with a predominantly post-war style can benefit from a recollection to historic buildings. I firmly believe that either reconstruction or incorporation of historic architecture into modern buildings can help solve the problem of unattractive places in a city and provide benefits to the mental health of its inhabitants.
Glad this beautiful artistic form of architecture is finally making a return
I love classical architecture
I love this. I hope classical architecture become the norm once again. They lift the spirit and in my opinion, put everyone in a better mood.
I'm surprised there was no mention of the new Moynihan Train Hall in NYC. That was a big, beautiful new structure completed in 2021 in a classical style. Now let's hope they rebuild the original Penn Station next door!
There is a plan to rebuild half of the station and build a park where the other half once was.
@@LaneCorbett Anything beats what it currently is so I'll take it!
@@kevinmccabe7263 Same it looks alright but I would rather have the full OG back
It technically is an older building but repurposed into a new train hall. It was a post office from the same firm that designed the original Penn Station.
@@colbystearns5066 ah that makes more sense
so happy to see so many examples in Berlin, where I live. I'm going to check them out in person!
While those stunning classical architectures are beautiful, there is a biggest factor why it is beautiful among the sea of shoeboxes: Uniqueness among the sea of potatoes.
I do not expect classical style will become the mainstream building style due to economic reality (imagine able to afford a Villa Rotunda while being lower middle class. Even a modular industrial Breznevka might be too expensive for you to afford nowaday). Just like why we only know how basic citizen in classical era lives thru archeology, not surviving buildings, potatoes will be replaced, while gemstone stand to this day.
This video makes me so happy and hopeful.
What is missing in a lot of these building is quirky details, personal style of the architect, capricious fantasy. Maybe it is still a modernist interpretation of classical style, looking for purity and simplicity, rather than a starting point from where to create something truly unique and inspired. But at least it is a start.
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Architecture should first and foremost serve the public, the people who see it every day and who use the building. Not the architects vision, for that he has his own house.
@@VarvasNukka Yes but people like buildings with charm and beautiful details, something that makes a house unique. That is what serves the people.
@@pietervoogt You're not wrong but I don't completely agree. What is more important in my opinion is the synergy both within the building and in its styling itself but also with its surrounding environment as well. Coming together to ultimately bring about a positive and uplifting feeling to anyone who sees it or lives within said environment.
@@VarvasNukka I also don't disagree but this way of thinking kind of illustrates that many people are actually still thinking in a modernist framework, that is usually about space and concepts. I live in a city (Amsterdam) where I regularly pass by buildings from 4 different centuries and the most joy I get is from the creativity of the architects or artisans. So many unique details, quirky additions and solutions. Many lovers of classical architecture like the order and harmony it offers. I see the order and harmony as only the foundation for an explosion of creativity.
I love this video! Thank you for pointing out so many gorgeous buildings I need to visit.
I came for the history of the Wittelsbachs (probably some of the only German royalty I’m not apathetic to or actively loathe) but I’ve found myself staying for the lovely architecture videos. Love this exploration of a beautiful architecture revival
Classical architecture is built on natural design principals. Self supporting structures. Arches. Windows purposefully placed as a constraint of the building's skeleton. Classical buildings send a message of natural order. That's why public buildings have traditionally been made in the classical style. It sends the message that the government is in charge because they ought to be, because their authority in not arbitrary, but based on nature.
And think about how these buildings make you feel. If you walk into one of the grand train stations with very high ceilings held up by huge pillars, great works of art and design displayed up and down, and a calming echo of the activities within, it makes you feel like an important person. And when you feel important, you become important. Classical architecture can elevate the human spirit.
My God I need the new beautiful classical and decorative architecture! I am so tired of this world of utilitarian, faceless eco-, vegan-, bio- unflavoured contemporary art with pretentious descriptions which are made in no more then minutes. Yesterday I've read an interview with one designer who said that she was tired of her studies in her Art University in Prague as everything she created needed to have a description of her intentions and inspiration. She said she has never spent more than 10 minutes to retrospectively write something clever and sophisticatedly sounding for her professors to believe she had any inspiration at all. She creates jewellery just without any inspiration, cutting pieces of metal from the base with no intention or idea. Nothing against that but there is no respect to mastery and no respect to details in such contemporary artists, some of them are openly proud of theirs pure narcissistic ambition and an absence of healthy self-criticism. They say it makes them free. They also like to brand anything different as kitsch. What a pathetic world we live in!
Classical architecture is timeless.
Thank god for this rebirth.
Beauty is back, baby. Lets pray and hope that it has returned to stay.
I was expecting a video like this. I wish to known also who are the current and most prestigious classical architects today, people like George Saumarez Smith comes to my mind🧐
Thank you for this video, it gives me hope.
Aesthetics is in everything we do or don't do.
It's a part of being alive, from animals choosing a mate to us preferring one color or style over another.
And everything has its own aesthetic.
It has its own meaning in and of itself in that its meaning is given by the observer and or the maker of the object being observed.
So aesthetics is by nature subjective, whether we like it or not is up to our personal preferences.
Mexico has many beautiful examples of classical architecture, mainly from the 19th century. However, young Mexican architects, probably out of ignorance and poor education, are in love with soviet style cement blocks, which they now build in the middle of beautiful baroque cities. Let us hope this trend ends before there is nothing left of the once beautiful Mexican colonial cities.
Mexico should be proud of its cultural heritage, not try and be something else.
I love classical and tradional architecture; it is pleasant to the eye, but the scale doesn't add up in many of the new classic buildings. It misses the golden ratio, the mathmetical scale used, by nature, that makes things pretty. The Greeks discovered the scale by studying nature.
It is called the golden ratio, 1.168. Also I find the cheap-looking, minimalistic, plastic-looking decorating/ornaments, mocking the building. It might just be me, but I thought I am sharing my thoughts.
I think this is an awesome thing! As an art historian, I can tell you that modernism and post-modernism will be forgotten in 200 years. Classics are classics for a reason.
P.S. Very good video!