TIL that Prince Chucky has backed a planned community called Poundbury.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poundbury
And that there's a "Carbuncle Cup" in the UK for ugly architecture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbuncle_Cup
All this with gratitude to Kate Wagner's fabulous article about Cheetolini's ballroom.
https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/white-house-ballroom-mccrery-postmodernism/
Which, if you know, you know I got there thanks to Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs)
#McMansionHell
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