>>1965520>posts pic of top university building compared to a shop with flats aboveBetter comparison would be picrel. What do Americans do differently?
>change roof heights multiple times along length of the building, adding areas where water can pool and ingress if things aren't leveled EXACTLY right>bunch of setbacks midway through the building, taking interior space and driving up cost and complexity. For what fucking purpose?>at least 3 different facade materials to make the building look like multiple smaller buildings, all to appease subhuman commuters who get offended by any residential building larger than their mcmansionYou end up with a building that not only looks completely incoherent but is also more expensive to design, build, and maintain. This, plus "community input" at the design stage requires that any US developer be a big outfit to ride out the time between permitting, being forced to redesign ad-nauseam, and finally breaking ground. It takes big pockets to go so long before seeing the profit. Smaller businesses are just completely forced out the market because they can't survive those lead times.
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>>1965432>much simpler roofs>one facade material, cheaper to build and cheaper to maintain>no weird setbacks eating in to living spaceAnd this US building isn't even the most egregious example, it's tame compared to some of the shit US cities require for lowrise apartments, townhomes, flats, etc.
