Is the rise of the modern, boxy apartment such a bad thing?

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published August 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM PDT

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Boxy, modern-looking “cookie-cutter” apartments have been popping up across American cities in recent years. Why do they all have to look the same?

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd talks with University of Southern California Price School professor Liz Falletta about the architectural similarities in many new housing developments — and whether or not that’s such a bad thing.

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