In the past, buildings often reflected the culture of a society but today all modern buildings look alike and cities throughout the world are becoming more and more similar. What do you think is the reason for this, and is it a good thing or a bad thing?
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Don't think first line was very relevant to the topic but intro ending is great! Very well done!Population of the world is rapidly growing so as the demand for commercial offices to accommodate business’ day to day operations. It is not unusual to observe buildings approaching 100 plus floors in a mega city like Newyork or Dubai etc. However, one common observation is that nearly all buildings in any modern city of the world look similar with same architecture, exteriors design and colors. This is can be attributed to tacit standardization of architecture and building material among international builders as well as rising emphasis on functionality rather than cultural adherence.
I like it. In first read it was very clear what was the message and the logic behind it.There are few international builders who have developed expertise and economies of scale in building vertical cities, as they call it. Standardized designs and construction material reduces the cost manifold by building items in bulk and supplying it all over the world e.g (don't use this again in a formal essay say for example to be safe) if every building had a unique design according to the cultural requirements, than their material would have been constructed specially by the vendor which will multiply cost and time. Utilizing standard construction material reduces this cost and time, which is required to erect a mega structure .
Good!Likewise, Functionality (not sure if this is because of typing on computer. But you need to take care of of this issue. Why is F capital?) of any building is more important than its appearance. A building should have good ventilation and air conditioning system, fire exits, modern amenities, soothing environment and flexible arrangement options for different applications. Standard prototypes are developed to provide all these feature in one place, It is not possible to ensure culture friendly design coupled with maximum utility.Thus, we observe similar kind of structures which are developed after continuous research by world renown builders and architectures.
Fair.To recapitulate, the emphasis of functionality and tacit standardization of design among builders has made all cities and building look alike. Globalization has started to play its role and we will soon observe one global culture being followed by everyone everywhere.
I think you handled a tough topic really well. I can't find many issues with this one. So, will just say well done and all the best!