It says enough when they depict an dystopian future in films they often show Brutalist architecture.
@SoCalFreelance2 жыл бұрын
I like when the brutalist architecture is contrasted with green spaces.
@teemum.90232 жыл бұрын
That was the civil movement which overthrew the architect authorities in the lovely 80s errr 90s Germany. greens beat the Fascists. Traditional Fascists are architects, lawyers, holding and insurance bankers. The contemporary Fascists are...Guess! Social welfare, whose lies about mental illnesses in order to kidnap children are now protected by the lawyers
@JJONNYREPP2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful or Terrible? - London's Brutalist Architecture 1340pm 19.6.22 horrendous. they were gettin' rid of all these vile plebian living spaces. now they conserve preston bus station and destroy the rochdale brutalist construction - the latter being vastly superior. as for london... the south bank is used for aesthetic purpose. as is the barbican.. but they are vile pish ridden spaces... full of jazz and jewelry. and plebs weaving yoghurt. as for sheffield - that as deemed so bad they saved a few brutalist flats for private ownership ie: to utilize for those who dont pish in stairwells...
@user-jq6wf1xk5g2 жыл бұрын
Now imagine people-friendly little hamlets filled with local historical and traditional architecture with locally sourced traditional and locally adapted materials, expertise and manpower in the middle of untouched, autochthone nature for native local communities and ethinicites.
@JJONNYREPP2 жыл бұрын
@@user-jq6wf1xk5g Beautiful or Terrible? - London's Brutalist Architecture 1211pm 21.6.22 yeah, right... weaving their yoghurt and sexing their nubile maidens as they dance about plague ridden infested bog holes. sound familiar? the nightmare is allus at odds with the idyll. reads good on paper. in reality a terrible mess. your own wanderlust will attest to the fact that folk dont want to be imprisoned within the confines of another's dictates. simple, really... on a purely hypothetical and abstract plain i am willing to discuss such wonders. other than that - it's a big blank niet!!! ie: as soon as you entertain the first sentence on the page re: your autonomous collective the mob are rushing past the windows, buggering one another and farting and stinking up the place as they vie for heroic status re: the new revolutionary pantheon.... god-like geniuses need not apply..... have we gone pre-raph or bauhaus? the mob you demand to do your bidding are savages and allus will be...
@martinseiffarth64082 жыл бұрын
@@JJONNYREPP The South bank and the Barbican are piss-ridden places? Have you ever... been there? None of what you wrote makes any sense
@laurencesmith21992 жыл бұрын
I live in sight of Trellick , and worked on many high rise builds . The apartments are huge inside with far higher ceiling heights than other HR's , and the access riser being separate from the flats is super safe , there's nothing to burn .
@viarnay4 ай бұрын
good point I really like it
@rolyars3 ай бұрын
That's the thing with the big social housing projects back then. Some may say they're not much to look at but at least they were building hight quality affordable housing for the masses.
@alexanderstefanov64742 ай бұрын
The flats are lovely and functional. Much better than a crappy terraced house, but that's because trellick was a unique monolithic building, built without regard to cost, not a system built panel HR
@97I30T Жыл бұрын
I think that part of the reason that brutalist architecture is so polarizing is because of what a lot of these buildings have turned into. Unfortunately, a lot of brutalist buildings have been poorly maintained over the years and just look really weathered and crappy today. Brutalist buildings also have a stigma in the UK of housing low income people. Therefore, a lot of people associate brutalist architecture with poverty and dilapidation.
@ricolek4166 Жыл бұрын
I’d like to think this explains my disdain for brutalism. Growing up, there were many brutalist buildings in my city. Most of them look rather dilapidated, stagnant, and uninviting.
@harenterberge26328 ай бұрын
however you maintain it, concrete ages badly.
@hexapodc.19738 ай бұрын
No, they went unmaintained because nobody wanted to maintain them. Nobody wanted to maintain them because they didn't look good in the first place.
@Mr.E-gi5rq4 ай бұрын
That's because nobody else wants to live there. There is no demand. Because the architecture sucks.
@jordanhtiffirg19904 ай бұрын
Not particularly if you watch old documentaries about it the people they interviewed at the time hated it and said it looks cold, heartless and resembles a prison. I think some designs look nice but for most of the estates they look awful
@mikehenson8192 жыл бұрын
I'm glad there are those who like this style, because I for one do not. I called it "bleak futurism". I find it dark, heavy and depressing. But to each they're own .
@robertwoodpa6463 Жыл бұрын
Most of these buildings have all the appeal of an overpass
@hanskloss13314 ай бұрын
for you ! if you understand concrete forming and concrete as a material it's amazing
@EvilizedDead_EVL_DEDАй бұрын
I mean you do need an overpass dont ya !? Brutalism’s conception is the NEED not want, and they are appealing by their need.
@georgec36502 жыл бұрын
So much better than the bland homogenous glass towers popping up today designed with no passion, detail or style
@harenterberge26322 жыл бұрын
Both are equally bad.
@doctoramelioration79712 жыл бұрын
I'd honestly prefer glass architecture over these insurmountably bad eyesores
@fbyi29402 жыл бұрын
@@doctoramelioration7971 🤢 eww no
@doctoramelioration79712 жыл бұрын
@@fbyi2940 Why misplace your disgust on glass architecture instead of directing it where it objectively ought to be towards: Brutalist architecture?
@AlexandreSilva-kc6kc2 жыл бұрын
I call it the "educated ugly" style. I love it even if i don't like it, it's important in history of architecture, and the fine detaling is never going to be done any more.
@user-jq6wf1xk5g2 жыл бұрын
Classic experimental and conceptual "unquestionable" work of "experts" being sold to politicians as the "right path", "the future", "the next big thing", "the only solution" while having virtually no respect for local traditions, values and materials and cramping thousands in cheap apartment blocks to feed the industry.
@MrMountainchrisАй бұрын
I like every style of architecture. The variety is what makes cities cool.
@alexanderstefanov64742 ай бұрын
Trellick tower is an amazing building. Beautifully designed and exceptionally well executed. Unfortunately the problems earlier on were due to council incompetence. Now the best flats sell for over £1m, but most are still social housing. The Barbican towers are even more expensive, the top floor triplexes go for over £4m
@pigeonsareugly25 күн бұрын
Barbicans kinda nice, trellick is a crime against all cities anywhere
@Blaqjaqshellaq2 жыл бұрын
Some people associate brutalism with their nostalgia for 1960s "swinging London"... When they demolish one of these buildings, what do they do with all the concrete rubble?
@dweuromaxx2 жыл бұрын
@James Matthews Since the energy consumption in production of concrete is very high, nowadays there are methods to actually recycle it.
@Bat_Boy Жыл бұрын
Alexandra and Ainsworth Estate in Camden is awesome!
@dzonikg2 жыл бұрын
Beeing from ex Yugoslavia i love brutalism ,just tons off so Interesthing buildings ,i love to explore them
@aleksandarvujanic79147 ай бұрын
Hahahaha, same man! I from Belgrade, and I always like visiting this estatesnand hoods, with concrete buildings. That vibe and feeling is just so unique.
@rolyars3 ай бұрын
@@aleksandarvujanic7914Although I've never seen it in real life I think the Western City Gate Tower is amazing.
@tylero85952 жыл бұрын
When I visited London the first time, my first stop was to The Barbicon. Brutalism when do right is truly amazing. It will start making a strong comeback soon. Everything goes in cycles. It will start making a presence again soon.
@hxxcode2 жыл бұрын
Brutalism is the cilantro of architecture imo
@dweuromaxx2 жыл бұрын
Good one! 😂
@huajie666liu82 жыл бұрын
Brutalism buildings look so sturdy. I love the texture feeling of it. Strong.
@davidanalyst6712 жыл бұрын
exactly bro. Everyone in the comments wants a building shaped like something organic like boobs or a leaf, but a building was meant to look powerful and strong since you are trusting your life with its strength when you enter it.
@jordanhtiffirg19904 ай бұрын
@@davidanalyst671have you lived in a council block before?
@stickynorth2 жыл бұрын
I love the style (in theory) but I'm glad it was a fad and not a lasting design trend... Less is more if you ask me!
@Withnail1969 Жыл бұрын
We can't afford it any more. Concrete and steel are too expensive.
@MetDaan29122 жыл бұрын
I think that if you were to research public opinion on brutalist architecture at least 70% would say it's ugly and needs to be knocked down asap.
@stickynorth2 жыл бұрын
That 70% are the same people who think they can win the lotto and that Trump and Johnson are good leaders... So yeah... Popularity and good ideas aren't mutually exclusive by any means...
@natansalda2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video, more people need to know about those amazing buildings! Brutalism is ma favourite style in architecture and Barbican my beloved example of it :)
@leonardodavid28422 жыл бұрын
Are you telling me you think Barbican is more beautiful than Westminster or St. Paul Cathedral? Mind you, I understand Brutalism can sometimes be accepted. However it is hard for me comprehend how it can be considered the most beautiful (seeing how the style itself is actually not perusing that goal at all). You don’t actually say “beautiful”, so maybe favorite to you is not based on beauty?
@natansalda2 жыл бұрын
@@leonardodavid2842Favorite means "my favourite", subjectively. In that case, I personally like this style most, I like such buildings, and they are beautiful to me. The Wesminster is beautiful, of course, but to me (subjectively) less interesting than the Barbican. Some people like gothic architecture, others medieval, and still others prefer modernism. And yet some others are completely unconcerned about architecture. Architecture, like any other field of art, depends on taste. I don't see a field to argue here, really :)
@doctoramelioration79712 жыл бұрын
• Thank you for this video, more people need to know about those amazing buildings! *Brutalism is ma favourite style in architecture and Barbican my beloved example of it :)* What?! So you're a masochist who fetishizes the idea of being dominated and abused by a tyrannical and oppressive government which likes to oppress its population via ubiquitously building the most hideous-looking buildings imaginable and subjugating such population via forcing 'em all to be isolated around such insurmountably awful buildings? You're crazy. Only the depraved or masochists of the aforementioned masochistic fetish would like Brutalist architecture.
@saltygrasshopper2 жыл бұрын
Is it beautiful or terrible? Let's only talk to people who adore it.
@hellgrinder2148 Жыл бұрын
It's chaotic rawness is both appealing and appalling
@Kali-Yuga-Peace-Corp Жыл бұрын
It is a big line between the brutalist buildings that look good and those who look like warship on land.
@jEsUiSsYmPaThIqUe2.010 ай бұрын
Lol 😂
@wambugumassive4 ай бұрын
For me, Brutalism now forms an historical part of the British (and many other) nation's landscapes. Large structures such as bridges, could also be seen as being Brutalist too. I personally appreciate their design as befitting a machine that is fit for its purpose which is the basis of its own form of "beauty". Take the Battersea Power Station for example. The landscape of that part of the Thames would be so much less characterful if that building had been demolished. I would even go as far as to say that the Egyptian Pyramids are "stylistically" an ancient type of Brutalism. They are huge, simplistic and overpower their surroundings. No-one is intending to demolish them. Many (as seen in some of the other comments) see Brutalist architecture as "dystopian", that is of course, an opinion people are entitled to have. I would argue that the "Post Modernist" architecture that succeeded Brutalism is a far more confused style which degrades all the styles it pastiches. I (also) personally think that there are good examples of each period of architecture. Too many brutalist buildings have been demolished. Some, perhaps weren't really that remarkable, however, others were mistakenly demolished, now lost forever. I have always regarded the National Theatre as a giant piece of urban "sculpture". The Barbican is a great example of an inner city "oasis of calm". The Trellick Tower is now a "beloved" landmark in the Ladbroke Grove district and has a "sister" in Tower Hamets, known as the "Balfron Tower", (although it is rarely mentioned), even though it looks almost identical, (albeit slightly smaller) than its West London "sibling". I think to demolish every example of a particular style would be turning one's back on the rich and varied history of a nation. Long live diversity.
@miawalker36702 жыл бұрын
Love Trellick Tower sm
@jimmyryan58802 жыл бұрын
I respect old buildings but people shouldnt be made to live in a museum to architectural mistakes.
@circleinforthecube5170 Жыл бұрын
they arent made do, people can choose where they live
@jordanhtiffirg19904 ай бұрын
@@circleinforthecube5170ever heard of social housing?
@JALC-x Жыл бұрын
it's a shame that all the gentrification happening in london means removing all these historic and prominent brutalist buildings. I feel like a lot of councils take the easy route of destroying these buildings that people associate with low income and crime and replacing them with bright cladding and uninspiring glass monoliths rather than try to fix the root cause of crime and poverty in these areas
@JordiumZ Жыл бұрын
these buildings are ugly
@johnreynolds54072 жыл бұрын
Preserve them.
@doctoramelioration79712 жыл бұрын
....so we can use them as an example for architects as to what ought not to be done when designing buildings; therefore, we can prevent the likelihood of such ugly buildings ever resurfacing,
@userxl41drn3017 ай бұрын
@@doctoramelioration7971 It's called a free market. Believe it or not, there are people that would live in them. Victorian architecture can be kind of depressing.
@doctoramelioration79717 ай бұрын
@@userxl41drn301 The people that would live in such monstrosities are either those who have no choice or are unbalanced. Plus, regarding Victorian architecture, I don't recall me expressing any fondness for Victorian architecture either, but it's definitely superior to this diabolical Brutalist BS by a boundless degree. The only Victorian architecture I'm really adverse to is the gothic variants of it.
@ladymorwendaebrethil-feani40312 жыл бұрын
Brutalist buildings are terrible, but if you put some green stuff on them, it looks beautiful, it looks like a rock escarpment with plants. I really hate brutalism and I like brutalist buildings with green and life.
@HairByJamesAnnabel2 жыл бұрын
Loves the Barbican
@Eze_G Жыл бұрын
Brutalism architecture should perdure in time, should be conserved
@jEsUiSsYmPaThIqUe2.010 ай бұрын
Why?
@userxl41drn3017 ай бұрын
@@jEsUiSsYmPaThIqUe2.0 Because ugly, grotesque gothic architecture is still preserved for some crazy reason. It's history, that's all. Except brutalist architecture has the added bonus of actually being sturdy and functional.
@robertozeladarodriguez53217 ай бұрын
@@userxl41drn301 One of the most beautiful styles like Gothic cannot be compared to brutalism, which only creates depressing cities.
@teemum.90232 жыл бұрын
The suburb of Helsinki called eastern Itä-Pasila was built in 1975. I love it and I hope whole city was like that. Parking lots underground. Parks in centers of 10 story buildings and light driving lanes in between
@dweuromaxx2 жыл бұрын
Is Itä-Pasila popular with most people in Helsinki?
@teemum.90232 жыл бұрын
@@dweuromaxx No and it is just one suburb. People don't care what architecture they have
@gyurbanvikrenc65952 жыл бұрын
It's looks like a Soviet city. I think it's terrible, be grateful Helsinki has a lovely downtown. But if you love these architecture, you should check Bucharest.
@teemum.90232 жыл бұрын
@@gyurbanvikrenc6595 Ima gonna skate in Bucharest brutalist ghetto
@havingalook22 жыл бұрын
I love brutalist buildings and there are many, many iconic ones around the globe. However there are too some hidious and very poorly designed ones that simply are an eye-sore. Fortunatly their numbers are few.
@harenterberge26322 жыл бұрын
I would say the large majority of brutalist buildings are eyesores and need to be pulled down.
@userxl41drn3017 ай бұрын
Aaaand that's exactly what subjective opinion is for@@harenterberge2632
@invictusmaneo46410 ай бұрын
How much for the apartment in the tower?
@asa19731005 ай бұрын
Yet Henrietta lives in a beautiful Georgian terrace townhouse considering she loves her brutalist tower block so much
@jamesdoyle54052 жыл бұрын
The one thing from the old USSR that managed to take root in the west.
@dweuromaxx2 жыл бұрын
In the former USSR however, an anachronistic ornamental style was also very popular. In Berlin there are still many such buildings - We call it the "Zuckerbäckerstil" (Confectionary Style) 🍭
@RendererEP2 жыл бұрын
I believe it was the USSR thatwas inspired by British Brutalism
@userxl41drn3017 ай бұрын
Funny, I thought that Britain, France, and Germany pioneered this style. Nope, I guess it was "dem Russkies" again.
@samuel_avila2 жыл бұрын
It's sad to see so much people unable to appreciate the beauty of it. Concrete and plants, hmmm, wonderful.
@MrReedling2 жыл бұрын
It wouldn’t be so terrible if they actually coloured the concrete and made it smoother. I think the reason people don’t like brutalism is because the buildings reminds you of a warzone.
@fbyi29402 жыл бұрын
@@MrReedling well it was admired by Soviet and Agolf Hiatler soo
@duerandaggi Жыл бұрын
Brutalist Architecture, I love it, I love it, I love it! These buildings are slowly becoming iconic, imagine how they will be seen 100 years from now.
@jEsUiSsYmPaThIqUe2.010 ай бұрын
Euh....Je ne suis pas vraiment d'accord😅
@robertozeladarodriguez53217 ай бұрын
Some are good as they look like sculptures, but as housing or some other use they are depressing, they forget the environment and the relationship they should have with the city and the people.
@FatRonaldo1 Жыл бұрын
2:50 basically she is saying unless you are conned by modern architecture “experts”, you will realise how ugly it is. Bold and innovative yes, but also ugly.
@f.remplakowski2 жыл бұрын
Love them or hate them I think they help make London a more interesting place and sadly most new construction is Primark quality with Prada prices.
@iggyzeta9755 Жыл бұрын
People who think like this always are Londoners who have convinced themselves its fine because they HAVE to live with it. All of these buildings should be torn down and replaced with the older architectural styles of London.
@f.remplakowski Жыл бұрын
@@iggyzeta9755Who are you to make such a decree? Those buildings are well used and appreciated in their current form as a cultural venue and a place of residence. You have reduced your argument to a question of architectural style or the equivalent of judging a book by it’s cover and that is a flimsy foundation to stand on.
@userxl41drn3017 ай бұрын
@@f.remplakowski He's probably just one of those "All Hail Brittanica" chauvinists that thinks that everyone likes rundown, bland, outdated gothic architecture (albeit of a slightly browner shade than brutalist architecture).
@jupitereye43226 ай бұрын
It is dividing opinions that is for sure. There are those who understand it and those who don't.
@jamjar2677 Жыл бұрын
you would never find this person living in a brutalist building
@jEsUiSsYmPaThIqUe2.010 ай бұрын
En effet, aujourd'hui, ces soit-disant "architectes indépendants" ne cherche que l'argent. Je le pense vraiment, il faut quelqu'un qui puisse faire démolir ses blocs de bétons que ce soit en France ou en Angleterre😤
@jordanhtiffirg19904 ай бұрын
Facts 😂
@zackgravity72848 ай бұрын
Bring back victorian architecture!
@userxl41drn3017 ай бұрын
Personally, Victorian architecture isn't as aesthetically pleasing as Byzantine architecture or other architectural aesthetics available. Honestly, there should probably be a mix of architectural styles so that everyone is happy.
@hrivera42012 жыл бұрын
Economics is too important to be left to economists alone, architecture is too important to be left to architects alone.
@phil_matic Жыл бұрын
I love Brutalist so much. The clean lines and utilitarian style never go old in my opinion.
@robertwoodpa6463 Жыл бұрын
You should move to Russia. It's all over there
@aca11932 жыл бұрын
Such eyesores.
@doctoramelioration79712 жыл бұрын
*BASED!* They're awful!
@KatharineOsborne2 жыл бұрын
@@doctoramelioration7971 I keep seeing people use the word ‘based’ when I think they mean ‘biased’. What is meant here?
@doctoramelioration79712 жыл бұрын
@@KatharineOsborne It's a new internet phrase which basically means exactly or absolutely. It's something you'd say to someone if he/she said something you agree with and wish to express such agreement.
@charlotteclarke8684 ай бұрын
I used to find them so ugly but now, the more quirky ones (like at Guildhall), I find them intriguing.
@BLURTHEGHOST2 жыл бұрын
I hope to experience the UK one day
@dzonikg2 жыл бұрын
There is tons off this sht in ex Yugoslavia
@davidc14902 жыл бұрын
Suggestion: the strange transitions between black and white and color are simply distracting. I really like brutalism, but the way this was filmed made it so incredibly irritating to watch that I only made it half way through before turning it off.
@dweuromaxx2 жыл бұрын
@David C Sorry David, it was not our intention to make you dizzy..🥴
@phillipnoone80443 ай бұрын
LOVE IT 😁 These buildings she has listed definately need protection.
@user-sr5gt1rt3n7 ай бұрын
Architecture is for everyone, it shouldn’t be ‘difficult’ for anyone who doesn’t have a highly technical background in architecture. There is a reason we don’t play slipknot in train stations..
@aubsta13 ай бұрын
Beautiful!
@harenterberge26322 жыл бұрын
It is inhumane, hostile and depressing and I cheer whenever one of these monsters is demolished.
@doctoramelioration79712 жыл бұрын
*BASED!* I have wet dreams about the day in which all of these awful, awful eyesores are removed. I don't know why people back in the 60's in Britain deemed it appropriate to construct such needlessly ugly buildings and erect them on a near ubiquitous scale in this country but it's quite frankly infuriating.
@davidanalyst6712 жыл бұрын
you would rather work in a building shaped like something organic, like the gerkin in london, or a building shaped like boobs? when you grow up and learn about architecture, then we will listen to your opinions
@harenterberge26322 жыл бұрын
@@davidanalyst671 i worked and studied in brutalist buildings and found it extremely depressing. What a strange idea that users of a building should study architecture. I also do not need to study design to decide if a chair is comfortable or a tool is practical. I think it should be the other way around. Architects should study the users of their buildings. Regarding the gurkin. I do not know how it is inside, probably just run of the mill office building.
@josearmandovivero4088 ай бұрын
Me too hehe
@yply.o.787712 күн бұрын
Seems like a nice way to say, housing projects
@liudin1232 жыл бұрын
When i first visited Barbican, i was immediately transported to my hometown Hong Kong as we have plenty of brutalist architecture, in university, social housing estates.
@brucekrause28013 ай бұрын
Chicago has wonderful brutalist bldgs worth visiting. Marina City, for one
@darrenchin_2 жыл бұрын
beautiful. it's nothing but a work of art. brutalism all the way.
@colejones63122 жыл бұрын
There is no art. That's precisely what's wrong with it.
@samuel_avila2 жыл бұрын
@@colejones6312 Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier would disagree.
@Akrafena2 жыл бұрын
personally, I don't like brutalism. It is just concrete rectangular building with glass. It feels dystopian, and a factory, not a house.
@doctoramelioration79712 жыл бұрын
So you're (as well as the other 3+ people who liked your comment) a masochist who'd therefore enjoy the torturous scenario of living in a dystopian nightmare in which the population are subjugated by tasteless and malevolent tyrants who'd oppress the populous via forcing them all to be confined to these insurmountably awful-looking buildings? You need a therapist, bro. Liking brutalist architecture goes beyond tastelessness; it's literally depravity.
@iggyzeta9755 Жыл бұрын
@@samuel_avila Le Corbusier was an egomaniac who wanted a year zero that flowed from him. The very worst kind of typical 20th Century intellectual who would have been welcomed in a communist central planning committee and make society miserable. He overtly attacked every iota of beauty, tradition and naturalism because he preferred making machines to exist in than buildings for the community or homes to live in. He literally did not understand what beauty was, because he unironically thought that flat planes, squares and spheres were more natural than the fractal beauty of a lot of traditional architecture. That you're using him as an example of an expert on aesthetics shows that you've really drunk the koolaid. The man was very likely severely autistic who had little to no emotional intelligence or empathy and could not see things as the vast majority of humanity could. Hence why he thought unfinished concrete with the mould board marks still imprinted was his idea of ‘honesty to the materials’, whereas to a normal person that just screams animosity, crudeness and decay.
@EricHunt2 жыл бұрын
John Portman! Hyatt Regency Center! Embarcadero Center!
@robertozeladarodriguez53217 ай бұрын
Some are good as they look like sculptures, but as housing or some other use they are depressing, they forget the environment and the relationship they should have with the city and the people.
@fancybread007 Жыл бұрын
I used to live in Trellick Tower growing up and personally it wasn’t the best place to live. But it is a striking design and figure, changing the skyline in the area.
@Roxana-gu5zt2 жыл бұрын
Ugly and horrible, really an enemy to life. Pull them all down, humankind really deserves better.
@circleinforthecube5170 Жыл бұрын
nah, its better than homogenous architecture
@isaacxcii4289 Жыл бұрын
No architectural style can be defined as "ugly", we have to look at the context.
@Nainocard Жыл бұрын
Except for those new structures across London, with paper thin walls lol. London looks dreadful with all those Apartment Blocks fling about. I rather live on an Estate any day, council controlled or not.
@JordiumZ Жыл бұрын
nah this is ugly lol
@isaacxcii4289 Жыл бұрын
@@JordiumZ But it's not about the style itself, it's more about the implementation of said style
@jEsUiSsYmPaThIqUe2.010 ай бұрын
@@isaacxcii4289Dans tout les cas c'est MOCHE! Jamais de la vie je vis içi !🤢🤮
@thefowlyetti22 жыл бұрын
knock it all down
@userxl41drn3017 ай бұрын
And replace it with what? Those ugly glass dildos like in Abu Dhabi?
@doktergroen10 ай бұрын
What’s with the shaky images?? Stop it
@DarthQueener2 жыл бұрын
imagine if the whole city was built like that...
@ezekielrayfield15122 жыл бұрын
if would be the ugliest city in the world
@joe-jp1et2 жыл бұрын
so basically any city development in the soviet bloc during the 40's-90's and others such as the miljonprogrammet in sweden ?
@lux41222 жыл бұрын
Depression rates would skyrocket.
@doctoramelioration79712 жыл бұрын
I'd call an armed demolition to utterly erase it out of existence.
@laurach.5550 Жыл бұрын
🤮🤢🤢🤢🤮
@Ahibasabala7 ай бұрын
This is my own personal opinion, but i'd describe the Barbican as an awe-inducing place, the water and the greenery contrasted with the huge amounts of concrete make it striking and unique, Trellick tower though, is just plain ugly and depressing. When it comes to brutalism in the UK, there's way too much 'trellick tower' going on, and not enough 'Barbican'.
@morzee942 ай бұрын
I suspect most people who like brutalist estates haven’t had to live in one.
@nicolamiceli90972 жыл бұрын
The answer is terrible
@GLuis-lr5bu5 ай бұрын
In my country there was a horrible architect called Oscar Niemeyer. Some beauty but zero functionality.
@lugergr2 жыл бұрын
Me have acordar a la residencial San Felipe de Lima, aunque me parece mas bonita.
@AnonymousLdn2 жыл бұрын
yeah I'm sure brutalist architecture is amazing when you're a middle class white woman who doesn't have to live there lol
@road2stamfordbridge2 жыл бұрын
You must have missed the middle class white woman that lives in one of these buildings.
@stickynorth2 жыл бұрын
Oh Karen!
@f.remplakowski2 жыл бұрын
There are a lot of artists and designers from various backgrounds who do or would love to live in the more well-known ones. These places tend to work better with like-minded people who want to live there and create a community, a bit of money for upkeep and building pride also helps. The mistake is to think architecture itself can solve societal problems that exist, blame the UK government for not investing in people (just look at public spending on education). I think for social housing (in the UK at least) it's better to go for a more traditional style with a lower density. I think high density tends to exacerbate any problems. In Berlin they have social housing that is what people here would consider a concrete bunker but (generally speaking from the example I saw) the people there really do make the most to turn it into a comfortable and inviting home.
@martinseiffarth64082 жыл бұрын
Like the 4,000 middle class (and upper class) white people who live in the Barbican?
@stickynorth2 жыл бұрын
@@martinseiffarth6408 I bet you're a real hit at parties with personality... YUCK!
@davidanalyst6712 жыл бұрын
I need to see more brutalism. Its just not enough. Some of the buildings here barely qualify for brutalist compared to Russian influences in eastern europe tho
@dweuromaxx2 жыл бұрын
Where are the capitals of brutalism, in your opinion?
@will52866 ай бұрын
Primary attraction of brutalist to developers is that they are MUCH CHEAPER TO BUILD
@itseveryday86006 ай бұрын
They used prison aesthetic but just gave it a fancy name.
@del69blue Жыл бұрын
Britain went through the same relationship phase with Victorian architecture ... couldn't demolish it fast enough at one point. Then came the regret.
@gabriellima-wm9rz2 жыл бұрын
Love it
@kind1989 Жыл бұрын
This is why I love the uk there so are many cool buildings. Sheffield in the North of England has a huge council estate called park hill, which is a favourite of mine.
@jordanhtiffirg19904 ай бұрын
Im not a fan of brutalism epseically used for social housing but those estates dont look too bad in comparison
@jordanhtiffirg19904 ай бұрын
Im not a fan of brutalism epseically used for social housing but those estates dont look too bad in comparison
@FATHOLLYWOODB12311 ай бұрын
Beautiful
@RusyaKat Жыл бұрын
honestly if i'd be some leader of a country or a city i would build all the city just by using this style of architecture and lot of plants and that would be amazing imho
@nifftbatuff676 Жыл бұрын
We need more brutalism and less "beauty".
@Whosthatguy8995Ай бұрын
Why does the greyest city in the world have so many depressing buildings?
@je68744 ай бұрын
Most brutalist architecture is horrible looking… a big exception is, of course, the Barbican.
@Panacea9 Жыл бұрын
Yes there were ops in Uk. I dont care... just switch..
@Mr.E-gi5rq4 ай бұрын
In time it'll just be another low rent stack of shanty's. It's devoid of any warmth at all in a country that already lacks sun. It's modern in a bad way , it reflects every modern problem with not 1 benefit or solution. The u.k. is not Iran. It's cold , and this architecture is even colder. Not every new idea is a good idea , infact most new ideas are bad ideas simply because of it was that easy it would have been that way in the first place.
@Jigsaw4072 жыл бұрын
Simply terrible ... designers for a dystopian sci-fi future couldn't come up with architecture that is more depressing, cold and inhuman. Whoever came up with that had issues ... and whoever signed off on all this getting actually built? Even worse or corrupt to the core.
@Vracka2 жыл бұрын
Or maybe a society that had experienced up to two world wars and were in the middle of a cold war with the total human annihilation as a perspective? Seems actually pretty fitting for that time.
@adammravenec52522 жыл бұрын
Yeah!
@peskypigeonx2 жыл бұрын
Who thinks they’re beautiful? It’s like they wanted to be “AesThETic” like artwork but forgot that PEOPLE would LIVE THERE, having their lives oriented around it, and they should have to circulate around this harsh, unfeeling architecture. The foliage and water near the area slightly alleviates that pressure, but the main root of the problem is still there.
@doctoramelioration79712 жыл бұрын
I literally cannot stand buildings with this architectural design. This awful, awful 1960's brutalist BS. They're so relentlessly ugly and monstrous looking it's just insufferable and nauseating to have to witness them. Thankfully, it appears as though the architecture throughout the UK is finally being ameliorated and modernised, causing these hideous monstrosities to finally be demolished.
@dweuromaxx2 жыл бұрын
Brutalism emerged at time of critical need for mass, affordable housing, as well as the need to clear urban slums. There is some logic behind it! :)
@soundscape262 жыл бұрын
Most of brutalist buildings are total eyesores... the Barbican is a notable exception
@iggyzeta9755 Жыл бұрын
Nah, that's also ugly as sin. No idea how you're lying to yourself like this.
@jamesmatthew94522 жыл бұрын
Terrible
@doctoramelioration79712 жыл бұрын
Only scat fetishists and the criminally insane/depraved would like brutalist architecture. It's unambiguously awful!
@MrReedling2 жыл бұрын
Yes. Brutalist architecture remind you of nothing more than a warzone.
@doctoramelioration79712 жыл бұрын
@@MrReedling I'd prefer a warzone as it would at least allow us to blow up all of these insufferable eyesores and subsequently replace 'em with buildings which are actually appropriate and aren't complete eyesores once the war is over. Instead of such ideal circumstance; however, we're instead forced to wait for decades for all of these awful brutalist buildings to be finally demolished as the government only deems it appropriate to replace them once they've festered enough to the point of being dangerous.
@insertname9736 Жыл бұрын
Don't project your scat fetish and insanity on others. Regardless of subject.
@doctoramelioration7971 Жыл бұрын
@@insertname9736 What insanity and scat fetishism are you erroneously accusing me of projecting onto others? Is it the craziness (insanity) and scat fetishism which is causing me to be attracted to all the b!tches in your family (who also happen to be POS) and having an engendered custom from such lunacy and scat fetish induced attraction in which I have 'em all blow me on a routine basis? Granted, this lunacy and scat fetishism of mine isn't quite as depraved as your insanity and scat fetishism which engenders your inadmissible adherence to this unequivocally abysmal brutalist architecture, but it's still worth noting; regardless of subject.
@ardiris27152 жыл бұрын
Howard Roark would approve. Ayn Rand still pisses off architects. (:
@jindalee44712 ай бұрын
They look like buildings that you would see in 1970s communist Poland
@geoffashden211 ай бұрын
Hideous buildings, these eyesores should all be demolished!
@jEsUiSsYmPaThIqUe2.010 ай бұрын
Exactement!
@userxl41drn3017 ай бұрын
Who are you to decide? There should be a public consensus on what gets knocked down.
@bieateofan2251 Жыл бұрын
We need to understand the time it came to life. Brutalism came after 2 long wars, with turmoil and desteoyed cities. We needed to reconstruct or whole nations. Cheap and fast, we were in need of housing and places to work, not beautiful details and facades. And brutalism did exactly what it had to do. I don't think it's pretty. Generally, it is not. But it's part of our history and it was a solution. There is no need to demolish it. It shows what we needed to do to get back on our feet. It was a solution. A good one.
@adammravenec52522 жыл бұрын
Its terrible
@dweuromaxx2 жыл бұрын
Do you think it should be knocked down? 😏
@Akrafena2 жыл бұрын
@@dweuromaxx yes
@Akrafena2 жыл бұрын
@@dweuromaxx and that emoji is associated with sussex but the sus is silent
@MrReedling2 жыл бұрын
I don’t think it should be knocked down, since that would be a waste. I think they they should smoothen out the concrete and color the building white and dark gray instead. That way it would actually look pretty modern.
@adammravenec5252 Жыл бұрын
@@dweuromaxx yes it should
@user-jq6wf1xk5g2 жыл бұрын
Artificial, fashionable, tasteless, uniform paradoxical elitist architecture with no respect for local values, traditions, culture, history, heritage, products, communities, ecosystems. Only interested in making a political/ideological statement while fitting a lot of people including economic migrants to feed industry and capitalism without caring for the well-being and local communities and values.
@candacejourdan60412 жыл бұрын
NOT a fan! Aptly named!
@leversandpulleys9274 Жыл бұрын
disgusting
@jEsUiSsYmPaThIqUe2.010 ай бұрын
Écœurant, laids, ideux, moches ect. J'ai vraiment de la peine pour les populations pauvres qui n'ont d'autres choix que de vivrent dans ce béton gris, sans vie et dans âme.
@dexterding10802 жыл бұрын
I think brutalist is good in idea but bad in design
@raphael516510 ай бұрын
*C'est d'une laideur sans pareil. Les architectes qui ont conçu cette chose sont les créatures les plus égoïstes et insensés qui soient.*
@dexterding10802 жыл бұрын
I hate it but it is part of our history, what can you do?
@MrMirville2 жыл бұрын
All English architecture for the commoners was always brutalist according to nearly all travellers and reporters. All what they would take to cease to be brutal would be vertical gardens.