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Waterloo Region's Architectural Hall of Shame -- the Bottom 10
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(01-02-2015, 01:26 AM)kaiserdiver Wrote: I tend to think that "bad architecture" and "fantastic example of brutalism" are interchangeable terms, but I grudgingly accept that many beautiful buildings torn down during the ascendancy of brutalism were, at that time, popularly thought to be out of date and ugly. However UW, along with many other Ontario Universities, have campuses that should keep us well provided with examples of brutalism well into the future.

Some buildings work, given enough glass to counter the concrete, but yes they tend to be the exception:


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RE: Waterloo Region's Architectural Hall of Shame -- the Bottom 10 - by BuildingScout - 01-02-2015, 01:50 AM

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