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Back in the 90's, I had the pleasure to meet and work with Gary. On and off, for about 10 years, my company did about 6 projects. My company supplied a number of custom light fixtures. Gary's mine was always designing even in the middle of the project his latest project.

I think the reason it’s associated with authoritarianism is because it was very prevalent in the Soviet Union.

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2:15 What about the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall? Opened about 100 years ago: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_Auditorium_and_Expo_Hall. Truly, most of the Pan Pacific style is on the exterior. 4:44 Inside, it looks like an airplane hangar. Many sight lines were poor. Even the theater was uninspired. images.app.goo.gl/YMtV27uQznTCVkbaA

Nice video however you could have also provided examples of more ancient buildings how they used space not only modern ones. Also there is no scientific evidence to state that modern architecture makes us feel better and good.

I only vaguely remember this building from my childhood, but it would be great to have it back.

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Interesting concepts. In marketing, shop designers talk about atmospherics and the servicescape to describe the impact of space on consumer behaviour. In religious studies, the concept of sacred space is quite well developed. Does architectural theory relate to these other subject areas?

goldfinger nailed it! imagine a 2 story home with a lofty atrium, gallery and 5m talll window front, and a huge balcony 50m (150ft) above ground, and that view. the building may not look quaint. but it must me a wonderful and unique place to live!

Currently at the National Building Museum in Washington DC there is an exhibit which is a retrospective of the city's Brutalist architecture. A must see.

"Not meant to be" ?come on we have the capabilities ,the money... Well that's up for question.😂 But in serious note we are definitely capable of building this Tower. And honestly I really wish they did.

The tower always looked like a person standing tall. It has shoulders. I've always saw it that way.

My immediate reaction to brutalism is that it's bland, but it quickly becomes a creepy and unnerving feeling. It reminds me of The Matrix, everything just seems uninspired, same-y, and artificial, like something I'd see in a simulation where you just want buildings and aren't bothered with how they look. On the other hand it's fascinating because of how I associate it with Communist societies.

"Hi, My name is Rick and I am an alcoho... I mean, Brutalist fan" 🤪

Well, to answer the question in the caption with one word: "devilish!".

Great video, i'm an architect that loves these examples, and brutalism by itself, shaped cities until de 1980's. Now we are understanding the proper timeless value of those how stood the test of time.

You have a talent for architecture education. This is an excellent video!

This was so well done. I wonder why so few comments.

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Funny thing about architectural utopia in Brutalism is that the Mannerists poked fun at that concept centuries before. Then after Brutalism the hyper-Mannerists called themselves the Post-Modernists 😄

I didn’t really feel like watching this like,’Meh another Brutalist video.’ but man am I glad I watched. Such a good overview!

Very well done.

To me, brutalist architecture is the only style that gives me a sense of monumentality compared to the others.

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Cheers mate! Awesome vid!

This mall brings childhood memories! We would come here with my mom all the time. The Hello Kitty store was my favorite!

I love the Sears tower. My favorite skyscraper. And it is still the tallest building in the USA. Just looking at the buildings themselves the Sears tower is 87 feet taller than the new trade center in NYC. The trade center has a huge 408 foot tower on top. The tower was originally supposed to be a "spire", which for some reason counts when computing height. But they ran out of money and never built a spire. Instead they built a tower, which does not count in computing height. . But I feel that the committee which decides the height of a building caved into sympathy about 911 and probably some political pressure and said that the tower would count as a spire. So, just like that, you have a building that is 1,776 feet tall, when the real height is actually 1,368 feet tall. Not fair at all. And....Now with the skinny super tall condo towers built for billionares in NYC, the trade center is not even the tallest building in NYC. You would think that any fool could look at the new world trade center and realize that it does not look to be over 400 feet taller than the twin towers. But there you have it

I always loved walking past this beautiful building and had no idea it had been two buildings that had been moved!

I volunteer to be the one to say, " The emperor has no clothes" Intelligent people are the most susceptible to be influenced by bad ideas. Cold, colorless, depressed. I love the quote where people in communist countries did not want to live in these types of buildings.

I studied the history of art and architecture in college, so I probably have a slightly more knowledgeable and "sophisticated" perspective than most. Thus, I've always thought my love of Brutalism, or at least many of the buildings done within that approach, was likely just my snobbishness. But I do genuinely find many of the buildings at least quite interesting and functional, and some outright beautiful. I believe Brutalism will go the way of fashion - it was "in" as well as controversial, it was then hated (like disco and bell bottom jeans in the 1980s), and then it slowly becomes beloved (or at least not controversial anymore because we've lived with it for so long). I also think it represents a kind of learning phase; sometimes amazing, sometimes shocking, often hated, but also informative, and it may come back in a new form, refashioned in contemporary terms and altered based on the lessons of the past. At least I hope so.

God... the post war stuff is all garbage... people lost all style when the bombs dropped...

We need to bring back classic American architecture and this one would be an easy one to start with!

There are a lot of magnificent buildings to see in New York, and certainly the top three would be: the Chrysler Building; the Empire State Building; and the All in the Family house in Queens

5/2024.....Excellent explanation of Streamline Modern architecture with wonderful photos.

A clearly, concisely explained and well-illustrated account of a turning point and underreported chapter in Wright's career, well narrated with an actual human voice. Nice work.

From this video it’s been cemented that European have always been minimalist and Americans have been maximalist. Being an individual and different is good.

Much ahead of its time - this is a style that may become popular in 500 or 1000 years from now. It strikes one as pieces of 'future archaeology' :- )

My thoughts have changed over the years... I dislike the selfishness, lack of harmony with the surrounding environment and architecture (though this isn't entirely unique to brutalism). But, I've been in one really beautifully designed brutalist building, and I couldn't deny how much I enjoyed being both inside and outside.

Down vote! This video is educational but it's creators are failing in one obvious way. If you're not going to label your photographs, identifying them with name or place or architect or photographer, to the best of your ability, then don't use photographs. Stop wasting our time.

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I used to love Horton plaza as a kid, I remember going shopping with my mom all day and then her getting me ice cream at the pharmacy store downstairs. I went to the mall a few months before its close and just reminisced.

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Overall, an excellent, well structured presentation. Many points well taken.. much to agree with here. Poured concrete eventually became very expensive, and glass and the various forms of glass and composition material paneling, relatively cheaper. The result was more buildings with less stature, less memorable;ity.

how did he use traditional architecture of bilbao ? as you mentioned in 7:05

Anybody knows the buildings at 7:12 ?

My left ear feels so lonely

Hmm beehives... Cool