Tim says:
Contemporary architecture suffers from a chaotic non-harmonious flow that
wasn't present during the 'Classical Age', deliberately ignoring
foundations and concepts firmly established by the Greek founding
architects. The Greeks were fundamental in creating our modern-day concept
of "What is architecture?" and "What is good architecture?” influencing
everything from IKEA furniture, the iPod and even Washington, DC's
Parthenon roots. What made the Greek buildings memorable were the natural
lines, and sense of accomplishment with simplistic materials. The New York
Times frequently reports on radical, and enormously ‘far out’ architectural
projects, but after researching Greek architecture so extensive, I would
suggest that we need to return to and revisits our Classical roots. These
roots built our principles, and taught us the truth and definition of
beauty. Perhaps we’re straying too far, and perhaps we’re pushing the
dividing line between “artistic license” and “beauty” just a little bit too
much.
