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Old July 3rd, 2010, 09:15 PM   #41
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This is Brutalist right?


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Old July 4th, 2010, 01:45 AM   #42
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Torre Velasca is one of the most digusting buildings I have ever seen. No wonder everyone thinks Milan is ugly.
Have you ever been in Milan ??
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Old July 4th, 2010, 06:36 AM   #43
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Yes. It is easily one of Italy's most hideous and polluted cities, and I'm glad I only had the misfortune of staying there for two days. Any more and I would have probably been affected health-wise.
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Old July 4th, 2010, 09:18 AM   #44
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Tbilisi - Ministry of Transportation
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Old July 4th, 2010, 11:21 AM   #45
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Old July 4th, 2010, 11:38 AM   #46
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^OCBC Centre, by IM Pei

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Old July 4th, 2010, 04:18 PM   #47
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Corporate Headquarters , Burroughs Wellcome by Paul Rudolph

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Orange County Government Set

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Old July 4th, 2010, 05:24 PM   #48
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I have the misfortune of working in a building directly adjacent to these famous monstrosities:

















And to think my favorite musical ensemble in the whole world resides in one of these deplorable buildings...
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Old July 6th, 2010, 05:59 AM   #49
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Old July 6th, 2010, 06:39 AM   #50
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Some of these buildings are so ugly that they actually look kind of cool!!! I wouldn't seeing these in person
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Old July 6th, 2010, 09:13 AM   #51
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Brutalism is a hole in the history of architecture.
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Old July 6th, 2010, 09:38 AM   #52
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Errrm....it seems some of you need to study architectural styles a bit better: 90% of the photo's posted so far aren't brutalist at all!
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Old July 6th, 2010, 10:58 AM   #53
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I actually kind of like the Barbican Centre, although I am not really sure why.
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Old July 6th, 2010, 01:12 PM   #54
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Old July 6th, 2010, 05:26 PM   #55
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^Wow, i like that one. It looks very futuristic.
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Old July 6th, 2010, 06:41 PM   #56
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wow that one is soo futuristic

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Old July 6th, 2010, 06:42 PM   #57
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Old July 6th, 2010, 06:43 PM   #58
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^ love Torres Blancas; very cool!

I like Habitat 67

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Old July 6th, 2010, 10:33 PM   #59
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MADRID. Edificio de los Cubos.
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Nothing tops this one.

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