Not being sarcastic. That last pic is 'Casa Del Fascio'. (Italians are the Japanese of the Europe, imo, in terms of design: even on a bad hair day they can't he

Not being sarcastic. That last pic is 'Casa Del Fascio'. (Italians are the Japanese of the Europe, imo, in terms of design: even on a bad hair day they can't help but make beautiful stuff.) Back in the day in RPI, we affectionately called this complex [1] the "nazi plaza". This is brutalism. For a more masterly brutalist work, see the Carpenter Center by Corbusier [2]. [1]: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/EmpirePlaza17.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/EmpirePl... [2]: http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/assets/aa_image/700/4/a/8/1/4a8146eae677c2820858803bbc959dd5ed2042f1.jpg http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/assets/aa_image/700/4/a...