Ugly buildings

Look at these ugly buildings! Why would we want to build any of these atrocious creations? At the university I attend, I view many uninspiring concrete creations. Why do I have to look at them?

I read an article this week-end about "ugly buildings." Alan de Botton is an architect who suggests that one of the really depressing aspects of modern life are the ugly buildings we have to look at. We seem to have forgotten the important relation between beauty and happiness! Nature gives us so much beauty; why do we scar it with literally millions of ugly buildings?