> Am I correct in thinking that the people who have a positive view of brutalism are people with a background in architecture? I may be heavily biased as havi

> Am I correct in thinking that the people who have a positive view of brutalism are people with a background in architecture? I may be heavily biased as having grown up in La Défense, but I thoroughly enjoy brutalism for how it embraces functionality as the yardstick for aesthetics. The outward appearance of brutalist buildings may clash with many people's tastes, but their inside is livable - way more livable than classic architecture and at a much more affordable cost. Don't forget that brutalism came of age during Europe's housing crisis and that mass manufacture was the key to solving it. As a result, many brutalist products have been cheaply built, giving it a bad name - but as buildings such as La Défense's Vision 80, they can be very nice too and stand the test of time: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9sidence_Vision_80 https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9sidence_Vision_80