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Volcott: Mar 30, 2010; People paying American dollars to let other people know they didn't agree with someone's position on something is the lifeblood of these forums.

Here's some light reading on times where it did not hold.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versailles_wedding_hall_disaster

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampoong_Department_Store_collapse

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Regency_walkway_collapse

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CoffeeBooze posted:

That would be the city hall of Dallas, TX. Which probably also warrants a post in this thread.

I dunno, I kind of like the design.

# ¿ Feb 19, 2015 02:53

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IzzyFnStradlin posted:

i don't know why architects ever thought it would be a good idea to build largely windowless buildings. like, what's the thought process there? how did that even become a popular school of design?

Wikiped says: "brutalism became favored for many government projects, high-rise housing, and shopping centers to create an architectural image that communicated strength, functionality, and frank expression of materiality."

# ¿ Feb 19, 2015 03:10

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Honestly, tumblr has ruined the word problematic for me.

# ¿ Feb 19, 2015 04:30

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Flagrant Abuse posted:

Filed under "beautiful but moronic" we have Sagrada Familia.

What makes it moronic? It broke ground in the 1880s and is estimated to still be at least ten years from completion, despite having been worked on for almost all the entire intervening time except during the Spanish Civil War.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Saint_John_the_Divine

Same basic story. Beautiful building, though.

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This is Central Connecticut State University's student center.

All the architecturebux went to UConn.

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