The Architectural Uprising believes it is important that urban development is evidence-based and rooted in science and proven experience. This ensures that we create cities and buildings that are sustainable aesthetically, economically, socially, and environmentally, with people’s health, well-being, and actual needs at the center.
On this collection page, we gather links to posts, books, articles, studies, reports, and surveys that may be of interest.
Research
Catharina Sternudd at Lunds University, 2007. A doctoral thesis about the fact that people in general prefer traditional architecture, and why architects refuse to use old models for new buildings
TU Chemnitz, 2012. Tenants prefer traditional architecture and are willing to pay an 8% premium.
Küster, 2014. The worth of property is linked to the style and state of buildings & surrounding buildings.
Prince’s Foundation, 2014. 84% prefer traditional buildings.
Buitelaar, Schilder, Bijlsma & Bellaard, 2014. Research shows that the public at large prefers traditional building designs.
Buitelaar & Schilder, 2016. Dutch studies on traditional and neo-traditional architecture not cost more to build, but people pay a premium to live there.
CREATE Streets, Heart in the Right Street, 2016. A study of the link between beautiful buildings and well-being.
Granström & Wahlström, Master thesis, 2017. From Boring Boxes to Beautiful Cost-Effective Houses: A study about housing development and exterior architectural preferences.
Möller & Olsson, Bachelor Thesis, 2018. How to build an attractive city (place branding).
Booli, 2018. People pay a premium for traditional buildings.
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NMBU, 2020. Traditional architecture gives a better sense of well-being than contemporary glass and steel buildings
Olsson, Master thesis, 2020. Green City Branding – How people respond to the built environment.
Gothenburg University, 2021. Voters of ALL political parties in Gothenburg, Sweden, prefer traditional architecture.
Loodin & Thufvesson, 2022. City center managers view classical architecture in terms of being better for city centers than modernist.
Lavis & Salingaros, 2022. Architectural Beauty: Developing a Measurable and Objective Scale.
Surveys and polls
YouGov survey results show that 77% of traditional rather than contemporary (modernist) buildings
The National Civic Art Society, 2020. Americans prefer traditional buildings to modernist buildings, regardless of age, geography, or political preference.
SIFO, 2021. 63-86% of Swedes prefer traditional architecture.
NOVUS, at least 71% of all Swedes want to see new traditional architecture.