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I wish we would get rid of all the horrible, depressing brutalist architecture that blights London such as the Barbican, South Bank Centre etc.
by gadders 3y ago
I wish we would get rid of all the horrible, depressing brutalist architecture that blights London such as the Barbican, South Bank Centre etc.
- stuaxo 3y agoI actually like those examples. During the lockdowns the Barbican was a nice area to walk through There are far worse buildings on the South bank of the Thames, I walk it a lot - the IBK building + ITV studios, the weird brutalist buildings near Blackfriars bridge are pretty ugly (the new '1 blackfriars' is built in the shape of a massive sarcophagus/ coffin from some angles). There's the weird concrete pub on the others side which is pretty ugly too.
- deadbunny 3y agoOn the other hand I think those are fantastic. The Barbican is my favourite building/complex in the city. Much nicer than any of the dozens of glass boxes.
- gadders 3y agoI like some aspects of it - the greenery, the glasshouses, the fact that you have flats and theatres etc intermingled. I just don't like the unending slabs of grey. It's so depressing.