YEAH, ARCHITECTS SHOULD BE GLAD THEIR GUY LOST ON THIS. As this hilarious thread notes, they would have opened up a real can of worms establishing a precedent that you could sue if ugly buildings were inflicted on you.

If “aesthetic injury” is grounds to stop the White House ballroom, why did these people never demand we tear down the hideous Department of Health building? pic.twitter.com/CzenPosujb

— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) September 1, 2026

Related (From Ed):

Quick thread of buildings of university architecture departments. 🧵

Harvard
1/ pic.twitter.com/jpAi1z87wn

— Erik Bootsma🌸🇳🇱 (@ErikBootsma) August 31, 2026

Earlier: From Bauhaus to Tom’s House: James Lileks on architect Louis Kahn.

“While browsing through an Architectural Record from 1977, there was a gushing review of the incredibly brilliant Yale Center for British Art by the incredibly brilliant Louis Kahn…Ah yes. That one. The building that gave us one of the best examples of life before and after the Second World War. Hint: Kahn’s building is on the left. You know how many years separate those two structures? Nineteen. The building on the right was completed in 1928. The building on the left was begun in 1947.”