I live in amsterdam, the thing is why a lot of those projects are holded back or never realized like skyscrappers is because of the citizens that live there. Whenever somebody wants to build a building that looks completely different from the status quo, everybody gets informed about it in the neighborhood. If a single complains come in and those are seen as valid by a judge, the government will forbid the builder to make it. or if complains are made with solutions they will put those solutions forwards.
This means anything out of the idea of the surroundings will never happen.
Then of course u got what the video tells historical value property's which u simple can't rebuild. u can't even rebuild the inside of it. The features and shapes are all protected and when u buy a house like that its hte major point of attention. If you do decide to destroy something and give zero fucks. U will have to restore it and rebuild it entirely and all on your own cost. So rebelling against this shit is impossible.
Even in villages u have this going on in the outside area's or even farm villages. U think lets be fun and make my house purple? yea, aint happening mate. U can now repaint it all over again.
So even if for example a guy wants to make a skyscraper and buys up all the houses in the area and wants to level it, and starts to build it? he will get a letter from the goverment that he can take it down and rebuild the houses to the teeth of what they where.
The video is also spot on with modern architectural design. It's all cold ugly and devoid of character aka sterile which also created a huge stink of adoption towards it.
