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[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I do prefer brick buildings.

[–] _Cid_@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Love me some good old fachwerkhäusers

[–] Horrible_Goblin@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I have a fairly functional form of autism, but I sometimes struggle finding balance in points of interest I get enthusiastic about, and nobody really matches my enthusiasm, even though they try. It often feels like rejection, but this post really puts it in perspective for me. I'm not always reasonable/flexible when I'm like that. Thanks for sharing.

(To give an example related to this post; I wouldn't assault someone for having a different opinion, but I could definitely debate them with a passion that's a little out of place and not as reasonable as I'd like to believe it is. "Building with concrete blocks? What is even wrong with you, where you never thought proper construction? What do you mean cheap building costs? People who want to build cheap buildings shouldn't be allowed to build anyway".

[–] SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 1 points 7 months ago

"Building with concrete blocks? What is even wrong with you, where you never thought proper construction? What do you mean cheap building costs? People who want to build cheap buildings shouldn't be allowed to build anyway".

The internet suddenly makes a bit more sense to me

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I like the cut of this dudes jib.

[–] ThoGot@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

To be fair, brutalist buildings are fugly

[–] huginn@feddit.it -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

To you.

The peak of brutality architecture beats any other type in my eyes. It's beautiful in a way no other building or style compares.

[–] Jesus_666@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately many brutalistic buildings are far off from its peak and just look like lazily designed gray blobs. High-effort brutalism can look good (or can look inappropriately evil but that's besides the point); low-effort brutalism always looks cheap.

[–] huginn@feddit.it -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Cheap brutalism can look good.

[–] DogWater@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Can you share examples of good and bad brutality buildings that are cheap? I'm just curious what you like

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago

For good brutalised, look at the Barbican or Habitat 67

[–] huginn@feddit.it -1 points 7 months ago

Yes but I'm currently traveling and have very limited Internet access... I'll try and remember to do this in a couple weeks when I'm back into good connectivity.

Plus being home will let me pull out my Big Book of Brutalism to reference.

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I dunno, I think they're kinda ... neat, I guess? Like, yeah, they're technically pretty ugly, but somehow in a way that makes them interesting.

[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Trying....and failing, to think of a good portmanteau of interesting and ugly.

Edit: intugly? Ugteresting?