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I just realized how much Brutalist architecture is seeping in Washington DC
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:27 am
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:27 am
From the wiki.
No wonder Donald Trump wants to bulldoze the FBI building down to the ground.
More examples....
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Brutaliism became popular with governmental and institutional clients, with numerous examples in English-speaking countries.
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Examples are typically massive in character (even when not large), fortress-like, with a predominance of exposed concrete construction, or in the case of the "brick Brutalists", ruggedly combine detailed brickwork and concrete. There is often an emphasis on graphically expressing in the external elevations and in the whole-site architectural plan the main functions and people-flows of the buildings.
No wonder Donald Trump wants to bulldoze the FBI building down to the ground.
More examples....
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:29 am to Sentrius
Those are some ugly arse buildings
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:30 am to Sentrius
watched the Joseph Watson video recently, eh?
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:32 am to Sentrius
They look like they could withstand a nuclear blast.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:33 am to CptRusty
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Those are some ugly arse buildings
It's raw and bland concrete everywhere.
But honestly the very nature of brutalism fits the FBI building. It's ominous, dark, gloomy and a complete eyesore. It fits the nature and personality of the FBI very well.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:34 am to SlowFlowPro
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watched the Joseph Watson video recently, eh?
Drop the link bro. I need to see it.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:35 am to Sentrius
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:37 am to Sentrius
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But honestly the very nature of brutalism fits the FBI building. It's ominous, dark, gloomy and a complete eyesore. It fits the nature and personality of the FBI very well.
Yeah but is it self destructing and crumbling from within like the human parts of F'ingBI? Does it have a stench of rot and decay?
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:44 am to SlowFlowPro
That video changed how I thought about architecture. It’s something you don’t consciously notice until it’s pointed out to you, and then you realize what a large subconscious influence it had on you in the first place.
The TED talk he references throughout the video is also worth the watch.
The TED talk he references throughout the video is also worth the watch.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:45 am to SlowFlowPro
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by far the best thing i've ever seen him done
Man that's a hell of a red pill.
It's crazy how much impact architecture has on your mood and energy.
No wonder DC is the most evil place on Earth.
Oh and this comment sums it all up.
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My school is designed like a prison
This post was edited on 8/2/18 at 9:36 am
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:52 am to Sentrius
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Brutalist architecture
That shite is ugly.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:54 am to Sentrius
I absolutely hate the idea of brutalist architecture and that concrete is beautiful etc.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:03 am to Sentrius
I was thinking the Canadian embassy and L'enfant plaza from thread title. See you have both.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:05 am to Sentrius
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My school is designed like a prison?
When I was in HS in Memphis the physically closet rival HS literally looked like a prison. No windows at all on ground floor. Staircase at corners of the buildings had tall narrow slit windows, almost like a medieval castle archer window thing. The apparent office on the 3rd floor in the middle of the building only had the narrow slit horizontal windows like prisons. And it had a 8' chain link fence with 3 strands of razor wire surrounding the campus.
That was socioeconomic parallel to where I attended too, not an inner city Memphis place. 40 years ago thru today Prison Architecture for inner city Memphis would just be preparation for those kids futures and be understandable. Not suburban Memphis back then though, that was kids with potential, outside of rap and gangbanging.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:06 am to Sentrius
I get it's hyperbole, but you don't really think DC os the most evil place?
It's actually a nice city. If you stick to the good quadrant.
It's actually a nice city. If you stick to the good quadrant.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:06 am to Napoleon
It's funny because most of the new private development going up in DC is all glass curtainwall and colored spandrel glass. Really good looking stuff
But yeah those buildings are ugly as shite. The FBI building has been in the works to be demolished and relocated to a DC suburb for a decade now. I think they're still power fighting over who's suburb gets it (NOVA or shitty Maryland)
But yeah those buildings are ugly as shite. The FBI building has been in the works to be demolished and relocated to a DC suburb for a decade now. I think they're still power fighting over who's suburb gets it (NOVA or shitty Maryland)
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:06 am to Sentrius
City Hall in Boston is also Brutalist.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:08 am to Sentrius
Anyone who has spent any amount of time walking through DC can describe the dread one feels when you find yourself on one of those brutalist federal blocks. The mere idea of lingering in those areas feels abhorrent, and everyone moves on, heads down, as quickly as possible.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:08 am to Sentrius
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It's crazy how much impact architecture has on your mood and energy.
There's a lot to be said for that. One of the ongoing conversations I have with my wife when we travel is how much of the commercial architecture over the past 50-60 years has no personality, no soul to their exteriors. Look at buildings built up to around 1940, many of them have intricate detailing and/or additions (spires, flying buttresses, etc) that can tell stories about the owner, the architect or just give the building a distinct presence. These are buildings that keep their presence as they age, most modern construction just looks old once they age.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:10 am to Bard
The new Census Building in Maryland has a good look, other than the USSR themed "CENSUS" plastered across the fascade
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