Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Old & new

When I visited Oxford (UK) and Normandy (France) in 2018, I was struck by the contrast in architecture. We saw buildings in use everywhere that were hundreds of years old - and so beautiful.

By contrast, the library in my town was completely renovated ($11 million) because it was dated and aging at . . 20 years old.

But retaining the old does not always hold sway, I guess. See this example in Germany of replacing the old and beautiful with the dramatically new and modern.

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