I tell ya, long as I live I'll never understand why people build things the way they do in the modern age. Theres a piece of county land near my house. Until recently a small court building, a prison, and a police station stood on it. One day driving by I see everything has been torn down. I think whatever, not a huge loss. Oldest building was the prison built in the 1920s, a relatively plain brick building 3 stories tall. Police station was built in the 1980s, another brick building, modernist style. Always thought it was kinda ugly. Court building looked like 1990s era suburban type colonial architecture. Also not very pretty.

The whole plan was to build a brand new police station on the site. I knew I'd hate whatever they built, but man, nothing ever prepares me for this stuff. The architectural drawing is a big gray-blue box, with several other gray-blue box add-ons. Massive stockade fence around the rear. Likely white vinyl or sheet metal. Minimalist modern, the bane of my existence. All artificial materials. No concern for fitting into the surrounding area. No ties to local culture. An everywhere building. And I gotta see the damn thing every day for the immediate future.

What's wild is most people hate this sort of architecture. Polls on architecture websites will show a 70%-80% preference for more traditional styles. Ask people irl and that number is more like 90%. It's not a cost thing either. Often the traditional style alternative is cheaper.

As a little tidbit, here is another building that once stood on the property, albeit further down the road. Wish I'd had the opportunity to see it, but was torn down in the 1980s before I was born http://www.delawaredd.org/N1/pages/.....are%201910.htm