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The Barbican

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tetris11 ◴[12 May 25 16:26 UTC] No.43964795[source]▶
When people point to examples of bad brutalist architecture, I point them to the Barbican as a beautiful counter-example.
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rwmj ◴[12 May 25 16:36 UTC] No.43964903[source]▶
And the Brunswick Centre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunswick_Centre) which is not too far away. Having said that the exceptions don't make the rule.
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1. notahacker ◴[12 May 25 18:45 UTC] No.43966260[source]▶
Centre Point and it's lesser known baby brother One Kemble Street are pretty attractive buildings too though the former has the characteristic brutalist issue of not being great at street level. Depending on where you approach it from, the Barbican can have that issue too...