Cities+by+Belle

Nowadays, modern buildings are looking more and more similar all over the world. They have lost the cultural reflection which can be shown in the past. They become standarized and have the same characteristics like being high-rise and modernised.

The first reason is that many people believe that modern buildings are equal to international buildings. To be an international country or city, buildings must be modernised, if not, it's hard to compete with others. Other than that, modern buildings are necessary for a country or city to gain an international reputation, although this might not be true.

As well as the misconception, there is an insufficient amount of land in the world. Since land is fixed but population has kept growing, and people need more land for living, recreational purposes or working. Therefore, high-rise building can save land for other purposes. (This is another reason why cities are becoming to look the same)

It is not good to replace the traditional buildings by the modernised ones since