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New What an odd article.
He seems to really have it in for Frank Gehry.

I think DA was wrong about airports. Airport terminals can be beautiful, but are often not for a variety of reasons. Incheon (Seoul) is marvellous, for instance, but Kingsford-Smith (Sydney) really needs tearing down and starting again.

I have a friend who loves Brutalism. She frequently burbles quite happily about it on Twitter.

Wade.
New Well, here in Los Angeles . . .
. . Frank Gehry's Disney Hall has been such a stunning success it is being imitated elsewhere. Some neighbors have complained about reflections of the sun off of it though.
New I can understand that.
Kind of glad that Jørn Utzon clashed with those funding the building of the Sydney Opera House. It meant no-one tried to copy it. :-)

Wade.
New Atlantikwall architektur
With the distinction that the bunkers were generally better integrated with their environment. Question of not standing out too much to passing bombers...
New I too enjoy brutalist architecture
I wouldn't want everything to look like The Barbican Estate in London, but I'd be properly miffed if nothing looked like it.
New I agree some of it looks cool, when it fits the environment
But this is shit no matter where they put it.

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Drew
New Oh get out, that's awesome.
New Agreed minimalist lines where function follows form
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
New Cool to look at, not to live in
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Drew
New Well, the added greenery does tend to hide the transistorized mindset
but it can't make it go away. That one of these plots exceeds $1M.. posh millennial techno folk?

(Everything is a Rorschach, innit?)
New The greenery helps a ton
Changes the feel from "Soviet prison block" to "hanging gardens of Babylon".

I do appreciate the brutalist aesthetic, but generally wouldn't want to live in it. For instance:

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Drew
New I can feel the tetanus and lead poisoning through the screen.
Regards,
-scott
Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
     On the philosophy of architecture - (malraux) - (25)
         Nice. -NT - (mmoffitt)
         Long-form Kunstler - (drook)
         Thanks.. a virtual manifesto: Capitalism eats culture, and it makes ugly places. Money has no taste. - (Ashton) - (2)
             We are Borg. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (1)
                 !! :-/ The algorithmic symmetry of a Mindless futchah? -NT - (Ashton)
         you get buildings like that with public money - (boxley) - (5)
             Not always. - (malraux) - (4)
                 fugly indeed -NT - (boxley)
                 I can give that melange a Pass.. - (Ashton) - (1)
                     roof lines, drainage, whoops? wonder what the maintenance costs are -NT - (boxley)
                 Funny you should bring it up. - (a6l6e6x)
         What an odd article. - (static) - (12)
             Well, here in Los Angeles . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1)
                 I can understand that. - (static)
             Atlantikwall architektur - (scoenye)
             I too enjoy brutalist architecture - (pwhysall) - (8)
                 I agree some of it looks cool, when it fits the environment - (drook) - (7)
                     Oh get out, that's awesome. -NT - (pwhysall) - (6)
                         Agreed minimalist lines where function follows form -NT - (boxley)
                         Cool to look at, not to live in -NT - (drook) - (4)
                             Ya think? - (pwhysall) - (3)
                                 Well, the added greenery does tend to hide the transistorized mindset - (Ashton) - (2)
                                     The greenery helps a ton - (drook) - (1)
                                         I can feel the tetanus and lead poisoning through the screen. -NT - (malraux)
         Oh crap, more homework - (drook)

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