Who can identify this city? It appears at minute 4:40 in the video linked below. (CPI)
It is past time for my annual roundup of best buildings from 2023. I confess, the time blew right past me. Maybe it is not too late now, but I am too busy (and lazy) to wrap it all up again for last year. Instead, I offer a video that should help to promote a best-building culture around the world. Once you’ve viewed it you will thank me for not inflicting on you another year of “best trad.” The video is from the the online platform The Aesthetic City, and is entitled “Build Like This Again?,” produced and narrated by Ruben Hanssen, founder of the platform. Click on that link. The link does not take you directly to the video, but to “Home.” Maybe that is my fault. You might have to scroll down a bit until you reach “Our Videos,” and click on the first of these, “Build Like This Again?” If you can find the online magazine again (I could not), you can read an interview Hanssen gives at the bottom. The one before it is excellent as well. All of this springs, in some way, from Michael Diamant and his New Traditional Buildings blog, and Nir Buras and his Classic Planning Institute, which is listed under “Other Initiatives.” There is much of value to read in this online magazine. If you can find it.
Enjoy. And enjoy your year, even without “Best Buildings of 2023.”
