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Started by Hamilcar, May 03, 2016, 02:01:31 PM

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Barrister

#15
May 03, 2016, 03:41:06 PM
Quote from: Martinus on May 03, 2016, 02:54:34 PM
The Wotruba Church in Vienna:



This shows one of the inherent flaws in brutalist architecture.  Even if you have a design that is kind of interesting, concrete just stains, gets moldy, and generally just looks like shit over time.
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The Brain

#16
May 03, 2016, 03:47:56 PM
Quote from: Barrister on May 03, 2016, 03:41:06 PM
This shows one of the inherent flaws in brutalist architecture.  Even if you have a design that is kind of interesting, concrete just stains, gets moldy, and generally just looks like shit over time.

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Maladict

#17
May 03, 2016, 03:50:03 PM

Druzhba Holiday Center in Yalta

Barrister

#18
May 03, 2016, 03:51:00 PM
Quote from: The Brain on May 03, 2016, 03:47:56 PM
Quote from: Barrister on May 03, 2016, 03:41:06 PM
This shows one of the inherent flaws in brutalist architecture.  Even if you have a design that is kind of interesting, concrete just stains, gets moldy, and generally just looks like shit over time.

Like humans. Do you hate humans?

Most of them.
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Maladict

#19
May 03, 2016, 03:55:46 PM
Quote from: Barrister on May 03, 2016, 03:41:06 PM
Even if you have a design that is kind of interesting, concrete just stains, gets moldy, and generally just looks like shit over time.

Not if you're willing to invest in regular renovations. Which not many people are, when it comes to brutalism.

Barrister

#20
May 03, 2016, 03:59:04 PM
Quote from: Maladict on May 03, 2016, 03:55:46 PM
Quote from: Barrister on May 03, 2016, 03:41:06 PM
Even if you have a design that is kind of interesting, concrete just stains, gets moldy, and generally just looks like shit over time.

Not if you're willing to invest in regular renovations. Which not many people are, when it comes to brutalism.

You can't renovate exposed concrete.

You can put up some kind of cladding overtop of the exposed concrete, or you can paint it, but it's the concrete itself that is stained.
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barkdreg

#21
May 03, 2016, 04:00:56 PM


Bookstorage of the university in Ghent, Belgium. Being creative souls we call it the booktower.

mongers

#22
May 03, 2016, 04:52:33 PM
I this was going to be about poetry.  :(
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Maladict

#23
May 03, 2016, 04:54:00 PM
Quote from: Barrister on May 03, 2016, 03:59:04 PM

You can't renovate exposed concrete.

You can put up some kind of cladding overtop of the exposed concrete, or you can paint it, but it's the concrete itself that is stained.

Well that's what I meant, you can restore its original appearance.

crazy canuck

#24
May 03, 2016, 07:19:22 PM
Quote from: mongers on May 03, 2016, 04:52:33 PM
I this was going to be about poetry.  :(

I was hoping for an abstract thread

Grey Fox

#25
May 03, 2016, 07:36:19 PM
Not a building per se

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Grey Fox

#26
May 03, 2016, 07:37:51 PM
Le velodrome

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Tonitrus

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May 03, 2016, 09:53:01 PM

Grinning_Colossus

#28
May 03, 2016, 09:58:01 PM
I liked my college dorm:



This Soviet monstrosity in Tbilisi is cool, too:
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