That was sarcasm. My bad, I know it doesn't go well over the internet.

There actually was artistic brutalism though - some architects here in Czechia (mostly Prague) tried to do their best with what was avaiblable. Some of these buildings are (post-significant rework) even nice. Some. And these were built way past Stalin - 70's and 80'.

My point was that the metro was the precious project of the bureaucrats.