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The End of 1960's Architecture.
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MCsommerreid
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Maybe that'll spread to California and they'll de-institutionalize my school. Damn thing looks like a prison half the time, very similar in construction to the BART stations, which are hellishly Brutalist.
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While I appreciate that we are finally moving beyond the 1960's institutional aesthetic, you do realize that the referenced article is 4-years old?Originally Posted by Bradford
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While I appreciate that we are finally moving beyond the 1960's institutional aesthetic, you do realize that the referenced article is 4-years old?Originally Posted by Bradford
Here's a relavant article from this Saturdays NY Times on a Paul Rudolph designed High School circa 1958 facing demolition. Interesting that the buiulding is described as being green and suggests a humanistic quality. The local community and parents are in support of restoring and upgrading the buiulding, but the administration not.
Ironic timing no?!
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/21/ar...21+2008&st=nyt
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I think this issue is pretty much the same as it was in the 60's when everyone hated Victorian architecture and they tore the houses and buildings down left and right. One building in Minneapolis known as the Metropolitain building had no business being torn down. It was perfectly functional and had no problems. There were even businesses still occupying the spaces inside the building a couple weeks before demolition. It was demolished simply because people thought it was "outdated" and they were all for "urban renewal". I'm a member of the Minnesota Perservation Society and it literally brings tears to our eyes when we see what they've ruined. 40 years from now, I feel we will regret erasing much of the modernist architecture of the 50's and 60's as well. People never seem to learn.....
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It's a sad thing. Many forms of fairly modern (post 1800) architecture are almost completely erased. Look at the Mansard-style buildings and homes for example. They were beautiful, yet only a very distinct few survive. Another is gothic style farm houses - nobody seems to want to save those either. All are a huge part of our history and would be really nice if someone put some effort into restoring them.......
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