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> Brutalism has also been hurt by the fact that the concrete tends to stain and otherwise become less attractive over time. Except when the staining has been f
by usrusr 8y ago
> Brutalism has also been hurt by the fact that the concrete tends to stain and otherwise become less attractive over time.
Except when the staining has been factored into the design from the beginning, then it's awesome. E.g. by consciously composing surfaces with different staining properties.
- coldtea 8y ago>then it's awesome For some degrees of "awesome". It can be totally factored in, and still look like crap. A lot of modernist/brutalist architecture is like that: entirely deliberate, but still crap.