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Old 10-11-2017, 07:11 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Same, don't like that red thing though.
^ Well, it's another example of a building inspired by Lego, which seems to be a cliché of post-modern architecture.

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^ Yeah, no interesting color, and a confused jumble of unrelated shapes, especially on the waterfront to the right - while the dominant bit to the left reminded me of a bunch of bananas.

It must be depressing enough to be a worker drone in Eastern Europe, but you really don't need architecture that throws that fact in your face every day. Here are some housing blocks in Zagreb: -




Making an multi-storey carpark look attractive is a challenge, but not impossible. Rather than meet the challenge, Glasgow decided to go with ugly commonplace tat instead:-



What these buildings have in common is the determination to avoid any color except Concrete Grey, and any architectural element beyond the minimal requirements of function.
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