In this first installment of a two-part episode, Failed Architecture editors Michael Nicholas, Kevin Rogan and Joshua McWhirter discuss the weird world of traditional architecture revivalism, or “trad architecture” for short. Starting with a critique of pop philosopher Alain de Botton’s recent article, “Why is the Modern World so Ugly?”, the three editors examine the surface-level aesthetic fixations and flattened historical perceptions of the trad architecture movement — so often a cipher for the exaltation of “Western” culture, even as it makes claims to an apolitical stance.

Link to "Why is the Modern World so Ugly?":

https://www.theschooloflife.com/thebookoflife/why-is-the-modern-world-so-ugly/