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After discussing architecture with modernists for years, it is clear that the way modernists argue is based on a dogmatic worldview. Despite their assumptions rarely being based on empirical studies and scientific investigations, they find it hard to imagine anything other than their own opinion being the only correct one. Since modernists treat certain subjective... The post The 10 Most Common Arguments of Modernists – and Why They Don’t Hold Up appeared first on The Architectural Uprising.
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Join the Architectural Competition to Reimagine Gran Vía’s Iconic Façade

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