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Pretty much any place with brutalist architecture, really. I'll happily take pretty much any revival or classical style over "modern" or brutalist style. There
by zdragnar 9mo ago
Pretty much any place with brutalist architecture, really. I'll happily take pretty much any revival or classical style over "modern" or brutalist style.
There's nothing more depressing than walking by beautiful historic old buildings only to turn a corner and see a monstrosity of concrete and glass somehow reaching the epitome of bland and uninviting.
- bitwize 9mo agoBrutalism does make for some sweet Quake maps, however: https://qbj3.slipseer.com/ https://qbj3.slipseer.com/
- _kb 9mo agoHard disagree. This is what brutalism looks like in sunny, subtropical Brisbane, Australia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:QPAC_Exterior.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:QPAC_Exterior.jpg If the straight concrete isn’t your thing, they’re also currently extending it with a glasshouse: https://www.snohetta.com/projects/queensland-performing-arts-centre https://www.snohetta.com/projects/queensland-performing-arts...
- wiseowise 9mo agoLooks even worse in the sun. At least it belongs in the depressing, shitty weather.
- liamwire 9mo agoWhat's depressing and shitty about Brisbane's weather?
- jzymbaluk 9mo agoI think they're saying that brutalist architecture feels out of context in Brisbane's weather, whereas the gloomy dreary feeling of the building fits in perfectly in the former USSR's gloom
- _kb 9mo agoPredicated 90% humidity at 3am this evening does not fill me with a great amount of joy. I think the above commenter may be referring to the rather more unfortunate UK climate though.
- strken 9mo agoI don't hate brutalism but I'd much rather have the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building than QPAC, rain or shine.
- ahoka 9mo agoI think both look ugly and megalomaniac.
- strken 9mo agoYou're entitled to that opinion, but if you give an alternative for how a big multi-storey building for large events and crowds should look then it will move the discussion forward.
- harimau777 9mo agoTo me the issue is that the alternative to brutalism isn't classic, art deco, art nouveau, googie, etc. It's soulless glass and steel designs. I'd rather have classic, art deco, etc. to brutalism but I'd MUCH rather have brutalism to modern glass and steel.
- Dansvidania 9mo agoWow that is already ugly without the water stains
- zdragnar 9mo agoEh... The concrete looks to me like a bland imitation of Spanish Adobe style building. It's better than most of the brutalism we have around here, I'll grant you that, but still not really my cup of tea.
- harimau777 9mo agoI never understood the dislike for brutalist architecture. To me, at least it looks like something. It's got soul and expresses an artistic idea even if that idea is "the overbearing power of the state". Personally, I'd take that over the soulless glass and steel buildings that seem to be today's alternative.
- wlonkly 9mo agoBrutalism isn't named after brutality, it's after French _brut_, "raw", as in exposed (raw) concrete.
- Lorkki 9mo agoBrutalism doesn't signify "brutality" though, it's about leaving the building materials bare and favouring clean lines. Those glass and steel buildings could also be considered brutalist architecture of a different flavour.
- ajmurmann 9mo agoAs someone who likes many cases of brutalist architecture, I wonder if you'd explains why many of the examples I like are in Mexico whereas many of the negative examples are in the UK.