How to Make Architecture Great Again! Interview with Michael Diamant

Michael Diamant shares everything you need to know about classical architecture: why it's beautiful, why it's best for the environment, and why ideology - not money - is the only thing stopping us from building more classically designed buildings.

VIDEO CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
1:00 Interview begins
1:14 What is Classical Architecture?
6:02 Modernists Avoid the Conversation
6:34 Classical Facade Division Explained
9:30 Classical Architecture Makes You Feel Safe
10:35 Similarities b/n Music and Classical Architecture
12:12 Architecture is NOT a Market Economy
13:20 Biological Reasons We Like Classical Architecture
18:13 Beauty is Subconscious and Objective
19:30 Who Are the Modernists?
24:00 When Man is ONLY a Rational Machine
25:30 Why Modernism Continues: IDEOLOGY
26:10 The Problem Is 100% the Architects
28:40 Modernists & Relativism
31:20 How Beautiful Buildings Are (NOT) Created
32:44 Relaxing Elevator Music
33:18 What Role Do Developers Play?
37:32 Schools Don't Want to Teach Classical Architecture
41:14 Photo Comparison: Modernist vs. Classical Architecture
42:24 Modernists Are Afraid to Debate Classical
43:46 Test to Use with Architecture Students
45:19 Too Much "Education" Impedes Natural Judgment
48:59 Modernism Can Only Look Forwards
49:40 Objections: Slavery, Colonialism, Etc
54:18 Modern Hypocrisy
55:48 Why Modernists Condemn the Past
59:48 Classical Architecture Isn't Political
1:01:50 Hypocrisy of Modern Architects
1:03:25 Modernists live in CA houses but build ugly buildings
1:04:23 Isn't Classical Architecture Expensive!?!
1:05:53 Rest of video (I'll finish the timestamps later ;)

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