That isn't Modernism, that's East German Brutalism. Modernism is pleasing. The worst architectural sadism in the US is McMansionism.pic.twitter.com/8kgLou9hSr
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'Brutalism' is a word Modernists invented to distance themselves from the most sadistic forms of Modernism. But it's still Modernism.
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Sydney Opera House is lovely but not typically Modernist. More Organicist. The other three are unlivable and/or structurally unsound. Do better.
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Brutalist architecture makes me hate life.
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That’s exactly what it’s designed for. Brutalism is meant to instill feelings of nihilism and despair. – at Cohen Library - NAC Building CCNY
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Eerily similar to 3 [brace self for irony!] UK Dept of the Environment towers in Marsham St, London SW1. Lived in their shadow for years 1/2pic.twitter.com/kOLw4KuZOb
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Marsham Towers built 1971, demolished 2002-03. Though I've left you, London, I thank you for exhibiting good taste here. (I mean 2002-03!)pic.twitter.com/EHXtJyiN9k
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Brutalism is a symptom of a civilisation in spiritual decline. It's like we have given up.
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Brutalism can be haunting and beautiful ya’ll are so boring with your basic takespic.twitter.com/2Yd9MBng1G
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