According to ScienceNordic, beauty in architecture can even be used as a strategy for sustainability. Nicolai Bo Andersen, associate professor at the Institute for Architecture and Culture at the Royal Danish Academy for Fine Arts, School of Architecture, says that it’s important to focus on aesthetics and ensuring that buildings can physically stand the test of time. “It’s a question of how we experience architecture,” Andersen says. “A building’s form, color, proportions, materials, and daylight, directly affect the human body and give a feeling of connectedness to the world. Beauty may be understood as the uplifting feeling experienced through the body and the senses.”
We’re not saying it’s impossible to create a beautiful building today, but obviously, structures like the Sistine Chapel don’t pop up every day. It’s important to keep enjoying and preserving these amazing buildings, and perhaps one day we will have another creation on par with the Taj Mahal. And if not, at least we can continue admiring the one and only. And roasting all of the ugly, lackluster modern buildings on Twitter!
Are these pictures making you ashamed to be living in modern times, pandas? Unless you’re an architect with an unlimited budget, don’t beat yourself up. It’s not your fault! But we hope you’re enjoying these reminders of how amazing old buildings are and that we should do everything we can to preserve them. Keep upvoting the pics that hit home for you, and then if you’re interested in checking out another Bored Panda article featuring questionable modern architecture, look no further than right here!
