• @AgreeableLandscapeOP
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    102 years ago

    A lot of modern architects in the West hate Brutalism because “it’s boring”, “dystopian”, and insert generic “commies bad” remark. Ignoring that brutalist architecture arised in Socialist countries as a solution for quickly and efficiently building many homes to solve a housing crisis. They have similar views toward sustainable, “eco-minimalist” buildings because again, it lacks their precious ornamentation.

    Meanwhile, they design buildings that look like sandwiches and other insane things.

    • @k_o_t
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      72 years ago

      idk, i’ve never heard ppl say these things about brutalism 🤔

      maybe a somewhat similar sentiment in protest of high-rise and boring social housing, which happened to have a somewhat brutalist style, but never brutalism itself

      if anything, some of the most interesting brutalist works are located in western countries such as england and japan

    • @null_radix
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      22 years ago

      Brutalism is associated with communism?