The Perfect Home (Part 1/3) [1/5]

The Perfect Home is a television series of three 42 minute episodes commissioned for Channel 4 based on the book The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton which first aired in 2006

In the programmes, Alain de Botton explored the importance of innovative architecture for homes. He offered criticism of modern developments that build in an idealized fake heritage style, which he referred to as pastiche, often referring back to the example of Great Notley Garden Village near Braintree, Essex.

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[jannevellamo]

The trouble with the houses de Botton hates seems fairly obvious to me. They're half baked interpretations of past styles. If you're going to duplicate something, you should do it right. These fall sadly short of the originals, because they're built with modern materials in compliance with modern regulations to satisfy the needs of the building industry. The result is neither traditional nor modern, just sad. It's what the industrialists want people to want, because it's profitable.

[gelipon]

Me encanta la arquitectura y estoy de acuerdo con lo que dice Alain en que no hay nada que diga en las casa de hoy que vivimos en una epoca diferente y no hace 200 años