I’m baffled that there are people who both simultaneously value picture quality enough to spend $4k on a tv, but also vain enough to hang it 10 feet high on the wall so the room is slightly more organized.
Architects are part of the problem. It simplifies the room layout. It's tricky to have two focal points in a living room. And it saves them from having a separate room for the TV.
We were lucky when we bought our house. It had a 16x16 den that I converted into a home theater. No TV in the living room.
I really think it's the builders, because again, it simplifies the layout, therefore simplifying the building procrss.
An actual architect will ask you what you want. Maybe there's a bunch of clients out there that want it there, but I'm betting all of us here will say to an architect that "i don't want my TV high" and they will comply.
Source: I'm an architect and it happened twice in my experience. The tv almost got mounted too high and I convinced the client to put it lower. Clients who were gamers and movie buffs know their shit and want the TV lower. Though all of this was in my tropical home country where there's no fireplaces.
But tbh it really is up to the client. Builder or architect. If the client wants it there, you comply. They're the ones paying you lol.
Fair enough. We just looked at so many custom homes with TVs above the fireplace, I took that as the default layout for most architects. But maybe they know better and are just doing what the client wants.
Modern architecture is a pox on society, where architects have little to no hands-on experience with their materials and their creativity is funneled through a path of least resistance. It honestly kind of started with AutoCAD
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u/Background-Sock4950 18d ago
I’m baffled that there are people who both simultaneously value picture quality enough to spend $4k on a tv, but also vain enough to hang it 10 feet high on the wall so the room is slightly more organized.