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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.
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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....
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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 8:52 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 9:06 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 9:10 am to Sentrius
Meanwhile, in Budapest...
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:11 am to Sentrius
East Germany wouldn't have looked much different.
That said, you'll continue seeing buildings like this as the designs lend well toward contemporary security concerns. Another reason the post 9/11 world went to shite.
That said, you'll continue seeing buildings like this as the designs lend well toward contemporary security concerns. Another reason the post 9/11 world went to shite.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:12 am to Sentrius
I knew about the similarities between many schools and prisons.. but the rest i hadnt really noticed.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:13 am to Sentrius
This is one of the fruits of materialism.
Compare this with old Europe.
Compare this with old Europe.
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Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:13 am to Sentrius
I like the style. It says, "Don't frick with me. Don't frick near me."
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:16 am to Sentrius
The Metro is well done, the rest should be bulldozed.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:52 am to Sentrius
I have associated DC with that type of architecture for a while.
I dislike it immensely, and it clashes with some of the nicer older buildings in the city.
I dislike it immensely, and it clashes with some of the nicer older buildings in the city.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 10:04 am to Sentrius
the subway isnt Brutalist Architecture. It is like that for its structural efficiency. Read up on the Pantheon and how it was designed.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 10:23 am to Sentrius
I call it Soviet Architecture
When I was traveling to Russia and former Eastern Bloc countries this style is all you would see...….except the buildings were made of cinder blocks
Ugly as hell.
When I was traveling to Russia and former Eastern Bloc countries this style is all you would see...….except the buildings were made of cinder blocks
Ugly as hell.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 10:42 am to Sentrius
You forgot Baton Rouge City Hall;
Posted on 8/2/18 at 10:43 am to Sentrius
Looks like buildings from the USSR.
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