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723 points farslan | 1 comments | 12 May 25 15:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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mjamil ◴[12 May 25 20:38 UTC] No.43967211[source]▶
It is utterly weird to me that so many commenters here appreciate the Barbican's aesthetics. To me, it is an ugly eyesore that's a legacy of the brutalist wave of the mid-20th century. I lived close to it (in Islington) for many months, and avoided walking through it to get to the City (where I worked).
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1. gadders ◴[13 May 25 11:07 UTC] No.43971619[source]▶
It's not beautiful, but it's nowhere near as ugly as the South Bank Centre. I would flatten that in an instant.