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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 23 hours agoMaybe it’s because I grew up within walking distance of the Indiana University campus, which has a lot of brutalist architecture (for example, this is the library), but I honestly don’t mind it if it’s done well. It can just also be done really poorly.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 22 hours ago
The trees help! (embedded that here:)
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Took my mind here 👇 But San Francisco’s 130 year-old de Young Museum isn’t brutalist is it?:
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I like it in any case. Doesn’t hurt that it’s one of the most renowned art museums in the country.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Fun fact, the library is not put together with mortar. The limestone blocks are stuck to each other with a special glue.