This reads like an architect&#x27;s whining that she is not allowed to build skyscrapers. But surprise, people are also part of nature and sometimes they want to feel as such. I don&#x27;t want to check my phone for the weather, I&#x27;d like to look up and see the sky. If it rains, I want to get wet. If sun is shining, I&#x27;d like to feel it on my skin. I would like to hear birds singing, preferably real ones and not some recorded &quot;ambient sound, birds #42&quot;. If asking for an outdoor playground for my kids is &quot;fetishization of the past&quot;, then, hell yes, sign me up for that.<p>Once upon a time one could actually impress people by building skyscrapers, but that time is over. Now we all know that it is possible, the novelty wore off.<p>And the argument about saving resources: There are only very few places in the world where space is at a premium.<p>I wonder what Christopher Alexander would say about that article - while his &quot;Timeless Way of Building&quot; did resonate with me because it was all about &quot;humans first&quot;, this article is just the other way around.