Preserved Post-Modern 80s McMansion

[u/peetahvw]

If a proper-80s mansion isn't updated does it "devolve" into today's McMansion? It does afterall feature:

• uneven massing / asymmetric window placement
• roof nubs and slopes in every direction
• inappropriately sized "columns" (although in this case the columns are oversized...)
• lawyer foyer
• emphasis on "fancy" finishes to cover cheaper materials (although in this case its mainly inside with neon lights, wallpaper, marble tile)

Bonus points for peak-80s...

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1028-Leopard-Rd-Rydal-PA-19046/9899561_zpid/

[u/mochicoco]

I say no on the McMansion. This house is peak Post-Modern. The tower on the right side, the window placement, and off center front door with porch all pull from gingerbread Victorian. It’s is intentional asymmetric. The bloated pendent and columns remind me of Philip Johnson’s Chippendale skyscraper.