What Makes Buildings Beautiful (And Why Beauty Does Matter)

What makes buildings and cities beautiful, and why is beauty so important? How to design for beauty? ---- Support this channel by becoming a patron: Sources & other info on the dedicated web page for this video: Follow me on Twitter: Follow me on Insta: ----- I was always wondering why everything was getting so ugly, and why beauty doesn’t seem to be valued anymore. So in this video, we take a deep dive into the topic of beauty - to hopefully learn some lessons from it. From the design disconnect to biophilia and deeper brain structures, no stone is left unturned to solve the puzzle: how can we build more beautiful, and why does that matter? ---- Special Thanks ----- Special thanks to the following people: - Joseph Jutras from the Institute of Traditional Architecture - My patrons - All the other people who supported me during the creation of this video ----- Soundstripe Music ------ GVOZJINJIDVBYGWQ (Life Worth Living) N5JPOGGMVW3LKM0G (Benny’s Drill) 6NYZBZUFTETBX88D (Oscillations) VUZQPUCZ0T2AUPM0 (Amnesia) FOTQIAYXSGHTOBSD (Outliers) VMH9LSW6Y6DNOI80 (Moments stopped time) P3XPSSNLMQXNJMIL (crest and mantle) DFBH8JNOM1AQ4TE9 (Breeze - Elision) QT8MLVDPLN8YRXAV (Falls - In Flight) MI3EI7W2VKNT9QIH (Falls - Fluidity) 5JGWX9YRFIWDPGBM (Falls - Analysis) LHTM0VPMMIKSOXXD (Sam Barsh - 13 out 1 in) NGHOLASQQBPEQ5WN (Falls - Raw Aesthetic) #aesthetics #architecture #beauty #beautiful #ugly #building #urbanism #design #biophilia