Cities+by+Jess

Buildings reflected the culture of a society in the past to show their image or express their feeling or belief but today, city buildings all over the world are now constructed of the same three key materials: concrete, glass and steel.Also the building materials of glass, steel and concrete are shipped all over the world so that the same doors and windows in a Hong Kong city building can be the same doors and windows used in a city building in Dubai or Sydney Australia.

In addition, commercial architects now sell their services all over the world so that once they become successful with some particular type of building design they will replicate the design many times to many clients for reduced cost.It is the drive forevermore to reduce the commercial building cost of dollar per square foot that causes so many buildings to look similar, The real reason is cost and speed - time is money and every owner want to build at low cost.

Whether this is a good thing depends on the individuals point of view and position in society. If you are a poor person then it is good to have more and more buildings to build cheaply at lowest cost and you don't care if they all look the same. If you are a rich person you prefer to look at and to live in a unique building with its special character - a customised design but such building are much more expensive.