[QUOTE=Tiberius]Duke. About the buildings being 'modernised':
- Modernisation should appeal to the younger generation in my opinion.
- Old limestone buildings were annoying: if you put them up 90 degrees from the position they were originally (ie originally 'portrait' and put 'landscape') the skin would exfoliate: it would peel off over time. Limestone is also a problem in the UK I think: many people want to conserve the 'natural' karst (limestone) landscapes, making it difficult to get stone out: large blocks of limestone are rare enough, with so much of it having been used already.[QUOTE]

Buildings are rarely made from limestone here... And most modern buildings the younger generation are indifferent towars or dislike. There are the occasional nice ones, yes, but they are very occassional.

Anyway, not most products are made of plastic if you think about it. There aren't many plastic chairs, plastic tables, plastic wardrobes, plastic pipes, plastic windows, plastic beds, etc... Almost all materials are used depending on what they are like. The most suitable one is used for the job.
All the chairs in my school are plastic, as are the tables (except the legs), and most piping most places is plastic (except in old places where it might be copper or something) and the windows of my house and the new ones in my school all have plastic frames...