...the [Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act] is a [comparatively] recent development. Architecture shares certain myths with art that influence its commercial value, such as that of the singular author and singular work, but these are also relatively recent: Renaissance architects believed the peak of civilisation existed in antiquity, and so imitated ancient ruins.
The commercial and social value of “new” and “novel” and even “original” are, arguably, products of modernity.
— the Guardian
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>>>something that might be interesting to notice is that the ancient St Mark's Basilica in Venice is a rough imitation of the Constantine-era Church of the Holy Apostles in Costantinople (modern day Istambul) such as St. Ambrose's in Milan...
It should strive for quality, in function, construction, and aesthetics. No one but architects care about originality.
The worship of originality for its own sake is degenerate narcissism.
From a unique problem should emerge a unique response as in nature, but if 2 eyes are better than 3 then we should see the prevalence and reemergence of that superior trait throughout the architectural world as we do in the natural world. Only reinvent what needs reinventing.
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