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Reject Cathedrals, Embrace Orb (hexbear.net)

submitted 10 months ago by RNAi@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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[-] Great_Leader_Is_Dead@hexbear.net 4 points 10 months ago

Modern HVAC prefers low ceilings

Fire codes require putting way more staircases in everything and making hallways wider

Masonry is increasingly expensive and fewer and fewer people can do high skill masonry work

Also Cathedrals took generations to build, society doesn't have the patience for that crap anymore

There's other reasons I can't think of off the top of my head

[-] Dolores@hexbear.net 12 points 10 months ago

i doubt they were expecting cathedral-level but more masonry and stylish facades are definitely possible in conventionally proportioned & constructed buildings without breaking those rules (except acquiring masons, but no reason we shouldn't have people employed in beautification trades)