Why are beautiful place like this rarely created today? They are only preserved. Architecture has become so generic, so detached. Is it the money that holds back creations like this? Is it the fact the people simply have no desire to put in the effort?

Why are beautiful place like this rarely created today? They are only preserved. Architecture has become so generic, so detached. Is it the money that holds back creations like this? Is it the fact the people simply have no desire to put in the effort?