On "safetyism": this building was gutted by deliberate fire in Sydney, last week. They could, and should, save the remaining (heritage listed) walls, but "because safety" (and no doubt because the developer wants an empty block, to save $$$), it's now going to be needlessly razed to the ground. - Kotaku In Action 2

On "safetyism": this building was gutted by deliberate fire in Sydney, last week. They could, and should, save the remaining (heritage listed) walls, but "because safety" (and no doubt because the developer wants an empty block, to save $$$), it's now going to be needlessly razed to the ground. (archive.is)

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– Vicious_snek7 1 point 1 year ago +1 / -0

look up the “Icon” Lego building on St Kilda road in Melbourne…

Of course it's melbourne. Gross.

I don’t think it’s any coincidence that the building you deride lasted as long as it did, let’s put it that way… We just don’t build with that sort of longevity (as pointed out by the architect in the article) or “adaptability” anymore.

But this I do agree with, partially. The ones that were built to last were the ones that did, there is some survivorship bias here. But yeah the old stuff was built with real materials, and adaptable, you may just have shiftied my opinion of the old cube up a notch, just a smidge, because it also had those qualities. As far as ugly cubes go, it's got that going for it.

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