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Re:The famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris reopens to great ... by usrnm on Sunday December 08, 2024 @04:02AM (#42355962)
You know that brutalism is long dead, don't you? At this point it's just a scapegoat, if you cannot see beaty in at least some parts of modern architecture, you clearly haven't been paying attention. Just look at some of the alternative designs for the restoration of Notre Dam and tell me that they're ugly and not interesting
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Re:The famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris reopens to great ... by cm2187 on Sunday December 08, 2024 @04:23AM (#42356052)
> You know that brutalism is long dead, don't you?

that's kind of the point with modern architecture. It's at best lame, often outright ugly from day one, and aways never age well. The only merit is that it is made of non-durable materials (concrete, glass and steel), so no one will look down on our civilisation in 800 years since there will be nothing left.

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Re:The famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris reopens to great ... by rainworld on Sunday December 08, 2024 @04:29AM (#42356083)
They are hideous and repulsive.
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Re:The famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris reopens to great ... by wqaatwt on Sunday December 08, 2024 @05:11AM (#42356253)
You mean things like:

https://www.demilked.com/notre-dame-reconstruction-designs/

?

Because they are actually.. quite revolting. Even by modern standards, pretty disgusting. At that point you might just as well just bulldoze the whole building and put something new entirely there.

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