Except for a few rare exceptions, most of them are boring. Boring is not about whether a building is traditional or modern, curved or square, iconic or everyday. It’s about a lack of ‘engagingness’, ...

When people pass by a boring building, Heatherwick says, “their bodies literally go into a fight-or-flight mode. They have nothing for their mind to connect to.” The brain, Heatherwick argues ...

It is unforgivably boring. Heatherwick has channeled that ... Mies van der Rohe, mid-century-modern architecture’s high priest, still lived and presided when Robert Venturi transmuted his ...

Except for a few exceptions, most of them are boring. Boring is not about whether a building is traditional or modern, curved or square, iconic or everyday. It’s about an absence of visual ...

Boring modern landscapes, which privilege repetition ... It panics.” Boring architecture is, he suggests, stressing us out. But what, exactly, is boring architecture? I guess we know it when ...

This video uncovers the economic and cultural forces behind the blandness of modern buildings. We look at how profit-driven design has replaced creativity and individuality. The question isn’t ...