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"...Alejandro Aravena’s Angelini Innovation Center, was called by the Pritzker jury “remarkably humane and inviting.” His work is “welcoming,” they say, and “de
by Nursie 5y ago
"...Alejandro Aravena’s Angelini Innovation Center, was called by the Pritzker jury “remarkably humane and inviting.” His work is “welcoming,” they say, and “deepens our understanding of what is truly great design.” When I read things like this, I feel like I must be of a different species to these jury members, ... "
Absolutely! It looks like the toilet block in a gulag.
- DeathArrow 5y ago>Absolutely! It looks like the toilet block in a gulag. Maybe the architects derived a sense of beauty from toilet blocks in a gulag. Even though soviet architecture wasn't exactly beautiful, it wasn't as bad as most modern architecture.
- s3tz 5y agoDepends on what you mean by bad. And which era of Soviet architecture. The block flats look like prisons and feel like the budget ran out 1/3 of the way building them. The early stuff looks excellent, at least the well built parts. The overall build quality is a bit hit or miss on everything.