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		sofixa on Oct 31, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Prague's Brutalist Buildings Brutalism was popular in France too, withmany extremely popular proponents (Le Corbusier to name one). Many big projects in the 50-60-70-80s were built in a brutalist style. Most have aged terribly though mostly IMHO due to poor maintennce.

kfprt on Nov 1, 2021 [–]

When a classical building is run down people flock to visit it. Pantheon/Coliseum. Brutalist buildings we're ugly and depressing as built.

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