Why All New Apartment Buildings Look Identical

[Demovictory9]

[RocRizzo55]

1. I dunno

It seems that the video never really answered the question. It seemed to me to be an advertisement for wood apartment buildings, because they are cheap.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. Thanks!

I found this very interesting, took 3 semesters of history of architecture when I was in school and this explains why so many new urban apartment buildings now look like this.

[hlthe2b]

3. Can't watch now, so why do they all look alike?

[Rhiannon12866]

4. They build them just the same using the same kind of wood

Because it's cheaper. And they are only allowed to be 5 stories, no higher. And it's a lot cheaper than building individual dwellings.

[hlthe2b]

7. Thanks!

[Demovictory9]

5. One guy spotted a change in west coast.building.codes

That allowed for 5 floors of
Non combustible wood (much cheapern than brick). He began building first floor with cement for retail with 5 floors above for apartments. Big saver on construction costs. It took off all over us

[hlthe2b]

6. Thank you!