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"architecturally unique homes" depends on your definition of "unique"

by Katy Purviance on 01/21/10 @ 02:02:24 pm
Categories: Observations, I love this building | 132 words | 152 views

So I’m cleaning out my backpack for my trip to Washington tomorrow, and I came across this ad I had torn out of a magazine who knows how long ago.

It’s an ad for USAarchitecture.com. They “specialize in connecting buyers and sellers of architecturally unique homes.”

Let’s have a look, shall we?

Oh…actually, there’s nothing on that site that’s really that interesting.

All the houses are in Arizona. Don’t get me wrong. I love Arizona. It’s just that…well, how can you call yourself “USA” architecture if you only represent one state?

Another disappointment: Nothing really looked that “architecturally unique.” Especially since all of these homes have the same look to them. In fact, instead of “architecturally unique,” I would put these houses in the “post-post-modernism” (neo-ugly?) category.

Quelle dommage.

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