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They are not glass boxes though? If anything he inspired Brutalism with its blocks and swoops of concrete. Maybe you’re thinking of Mies van der Rohe? His rect
by pavlov 3y ago
They are not glass boxes though? If anything he inspired Brutalism with its blocks and swoops of concrete.
Maybe you’re thinking of Mies van der Rohe? His rectangular glass façades feel a lot more omnipresent in today’s architecture than Le Corbusier.
- telotortium 3y agoThat is because Mies van der Rohe designed modern architecture in a more appealing way than Le Corbusier - Le Corbusier was a brutalist, while van der Rohe was not.
- PaulHoule 3y agoMy take is that people are frequently sad to see brutalist buildings go (they are honest, show their bones, frequently use materials that somewhat match up with the environment) but many people hate those glass and steel modernist buildings, not least the people who live and work in them because of poor lighting and thermal properties. I’m left with the feeling that modernist buildings were meant to impress somebody else.