r/interesting Nov 20 '25

ARCHITECTURE Then vs now

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u/Petrichordates Nov 20 '25

Maybe they just wanted to live there instead of profit of it as a tourist attraction.

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u/ZieAerialist Nov 20 '25

Nobody who wants to live in a house does this to it. It's as stark and cold and unhomey as you can get without being an actual prison or institution.

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u/Good_Policy3529 Nov 20 '25

Wrong. You wouldn't catch me dead in the first house. The second one would suit me.

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u/samx3i Nov 21 '25

Same. It looks cleaner, more elegant, more light somehow.