12-22-2014, 07:53 PM
(12-22-2014, 07:24 PM)BuildingScout Wrote:(12-22-2014, 05:40 PM)Canard Wrote: Couldn't disagree more. One of my favourite buildings. Fantastic example of brutalist. There's a big difference between "bad architecture" and "architecture I just don't like".
I don't jgsz is by any means alone in his dislike of brutalist structures. And just because a building belongs to a well defined architectural style it does not mean it is necessarily worth preserving.
Your first comment is pretty much what Canard is talking about. Just because common opinion about a building is that it is 'crap' doesn't downgrade it to demolition worthy/the dustbin. Tastes in architecture change with time, I think great examples should always (...almost always?) be preserved. I imagine a day where people would lament its loss like old city hall....
I happen to quite like this building as well. How many 'likes' does it need to get it off of the Hall of Shame .