In the past, buildings often reflected the culture of a society but today all modern buildings look alike and cities throughout the world are becoming more and more similar. What do you think is the reason for this, and is it a good thing or a bad thing?

Nowadays, there are a lot of contemporary buildings with the same architect's style in different
cities
around the world, whereas in the past the
cities
were more authentic and align with local culture.
This
essay will explain the reason why
this
is happening and how damaging to the
cities
is. The main reason is globalization because there is more information about other buildings in the world. It is quite common to see some famous architects being invited to design buildings in different countries.
For example
,
Bjark
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Bjork
Ingels Group (BIG) who is from
Dinamark
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Denmark
, was invited to create a building in Vancouver, so many people want to visit Vancouver to see
this
amazing building.
Therefore
,
this
type of building becomes more emblematic and brings international technologies to
local
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city
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.
However
,
this
exchange of style has more disadvantages to consider in long term. When the government decides to hire an international designer, there are many local designers that will never have the same opportunity to express their talent, and the city will lose their identity.
Moreover
, considering the environment is crucial to creating a project that fits
in
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the site.
For example
, there are some
cities
with seasonal floods and if the international architect does not know how to deal
with
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, will be extremely detrimental to the city and society.
Therefore
,
this
situation has more issues than benefits. To conclude,
cities
used to look very different, but
currently
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they are becoming more similar.
This
is happening because globalization has brought more information about other designers and other styles. In long term, the
cities
will lose their identity and the international designers could not consider the local environment.
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