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Re:Why people hate contemporary architecture (2017) by currymj on Saturday June 20, 2020 @05:39PM (#23587550)
Habitat 67 in Montreal is a Brutalist concrete building (many cubes) that is generally well-liked and has been a desirable place to live for 50 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_67#/media/File:Habitat...

Re:Why people hate contemporary architecture (2017) by dafoex on Saturday June 20, 2020 @07:03PM (#23588179)
It does look fairly discordant and messy, and I'm not sure if I'd like to try navigating the structure, but there is a symmetry and level of detail that goes above and beyond the typical vision of a concrete cube that the word "brutalism" conjurs. From the top it looks really nice with the floor detail and the incorporated plantlife and greenery.

Its perhaps too large of a building for my liking, and it feels a little bit "minecraft" with seemingly unsupported cubic shapes, but it also has a nice focus on human scale details that make it actually interesting to be in and around.

Re:Why people hate contemporary architecture (2017) by thisiszilff on Saturday June 20, 2020 @06:30PM (#23587952)
I love brutalism when it includes plantlife. Another example is the Barbican Estate in London. Without plant life though, I agree with the article, brutalism looks too bleak.
Re:Why people hate contemporary architecture (2017) by amiga_500 on Saturday June 20, 2020 @05:42PM (#23587576)
The guided tour is excellent. This architect had a real vision around usage and bought one apartment to stop it being refurbished.