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This style of architecture deserves a more descriptive term than simply "postermodern". I think this style should be called "malevolent". Because you have to a
by VoodooJuJu 3y ago
This style of architecture deserves a more descriptive term than simply "postermodern". I think this style should be called "malevolent".
Because you have to actually be malevolent to entertain even the slightest notion that any of these designs could ever possibly be a good idea. They're insults. No, worse than insults - they are violence. These grotesques do violence to the landscape. They assault the eyes. They rape beauty.
>What can you do with a failed postmodern utopia?
Destroy the abominations and reuse the stone to build prisons for everyone who had a hand in designing and green-lighting these experiments.
- toyg 3y agoYes, destroy that infidel idolatry! Burn down the buddhas! Death to false prophets!!1!1! /s Or, you know, find new ways to use these things. Brutalist architecture is absolutely fantastic for street-art, for example, or to shoot sci-fi films. Beauty is everywhere, when one has eyes open to beauty.