It's not a misunderstanding, it's an opinion. Brutalism is like the worst of modern art in that it's ugly unless you spend a lot of time and effort deliberatel

It's not a misunderstanding, it's an opinion. Brutalism is like the worst of modern art in that it's ugly unless you spend a lot of time and effort deliberately altering your preferences, but much worse because you can't escape it because it's architecture, not decoration. Brutalism, like so much of modern architecture, is for and by architects with no consideration given for people who have not spent tens to hundreds of hours learning to perceive striking, visually interesting but ugly buildings as beautiful.