Often not even that. There's loads of examples of ornamental classical construction being cheaper or the same price than modernist equivalent with even smaller floorspace and that's without economies of scale for a lot of that ornamentation.
Hell the Sears Roebuck houses someone else mentioned had a lot more ornamentation than your average new built
Often not even that. There's loads of examples of ornamental classical construction being cheaper or the same price than modernist equivalent with even smaller floorspace and that's without economies of scale for a lot of that ornamentation.
Hell the Sears Roebuck houses someone else mentioned had a lot more ornamentation than your average new built