Yeah I didn't like the article in part because it works from an odd premise, that any building that many people dislike essentially is disliked by everyone, and

Yeah I didn't like the article in part because it works from an odd premise, that any building that many people dislike essentially is disliked by everyone, and therefore is not in need of saving. If that was the standard, almost no modern art or architecture would be preserved. I love brutalist architecture. Why, I don't know, but it has always felt interesting, clean, and serene — even cozy in its own way — to me. I grew up around and spending a lot of time in brutalist architecture, and have fond memories of a lot of it. It's also different from a lot of other architecture, as you point out, and worthwhile in that regard alone I think.