# Brutalism + Beauty = BEAUTALISM **URL:** \ **Category:** meta\ **Created:** [January 19, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/brutalism-beauty-beautalism/22326 "2023-01-19T19:54:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SMCYB](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/smcyb/32/71640_2.png) [@SMCYB](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/SMCYB)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/brutalism-beauty-beautalism/22326/22 "2025-01-30T00:40:45Z")
I gave you a like, but only out of good sportsmanship. ---
**Author:** ![5Bfilms](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/5bfilms/32/173622_2.png) [@5Bfilms](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/5Bfilms)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 3:15am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/brutalism-beauty-beautalism/22326/23 "2025-01-30T03:15:49Z")
I would only admit to liking brutalism under certain conditions… like that Bond scene where Daniel Craig is siting naked in a wicker chair for example, but hats off to @AntonioL ! ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/brutalism-beauty-beautalism/22326/24 "2025-01-30T15:59:08Z")
Like with most things there is good and bad. ---
**Author:** ![AntonioL](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/antoniol/32/139225_2.png) [@AntonioL](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/AntonioL)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/brutalism-beauty-beautalism/22326/25 "2025-01-30T16:46:20Z")
Some from the Ministry of Culture in Lima, Peru. ![IMG_1299](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/d/b/dbff871ce2efe441ebfd367eb764382351d1ae2a.jpeg) ![IMG_1300](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/d/0/d06397c2ca33aed092256eff6178d78255ed1b97.jpeg) ![IMG_1302](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/1/9/19a4fb3d8b7204b1a0ecd25a3c075d0b5137cbb2.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Alemel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/alemel/32/91966_2.png) [@Alemel](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Alemel)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/brutalism-beauty-beautalism/22326/26 "2025-01-30T19:42:33Z")
let’s play brutal photo tennis 😃 Banco de Londres, Buenos Aires: ![6iwltlo2l9s01.jpg](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/e/c/ec7e2eec39c60c8325cb64f315ff6819a10561f8.jpeg) ![C3wzOGfWEAAwWJH](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/d/7/d7743148ba79b1bdc44f1f64b5efb490495dc242.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![SMCYB](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/smcyb/32/71640_2.png) [@SMCYB](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/SMCYB)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/brutalism-beauty-beautalism/22326/27 "2025-01-30T23:46:54Z")
That’s kinda cool. * * * The Harry Ransom Center in Austin. It houses the world’s first photograph, a copy of the Magna Carte, and several other things in its collection. [https://alchetron.com/Harry-Ransom-Center#Notable-collections](https://alchetron.com/Harry-Ransom-Center#Notable-collections) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/1/5/151124013b2c5302352ca311a2394972d0c58cb8.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/3/f/3f7ae09f8d339f5af7d314c766904964f009a201.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![chused](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@chused](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/chused)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/brutalism-beauty-beautalism/22326/28 "2025-01-31T00:45:55Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/4/f47f175344d7fb3fdafb4190f6983a17e57d5a43.jpeg) Habitat 67 by Safdie in Montreal may be the best Brutalist building ever. ---
**Author:** ![5Bfilms](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/5bfilms/32/173622_2.png) [@5Bfilms](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/5Bfilms)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/brutalism-beauty-beautalism/22326/29 "2025-01-31T02:18:15Z")
Oof, that is so much worse than the one in Boston. ---
**Author:** ![5Bfilms](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/5bfilms/32/173622_2.png) [@5Bfilms](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/5Bfilms)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/brutalism-beauty-beautalism/22326/30 "2025-01-31T02:26:33Z")
If you’re in Goshen then your luck has already run out. > **[Architecture’s Ugly Ducklings May Not Get Time to Be Swans (Published 2012)](https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/07/arts/design/unloved-building-in-goshen-ny-prompts-debate-on-modernism.html)** > > A Brutalist building faces demolition in Goshen, N.Y., raising questions about the future of unfashionably Modern midcentury structures. > **[Clock Ticks for Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Government Center (Published 2015)](https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/04/arts/design/clock-ticks-for-paul-rudolphs-orange-county-government-center.html)** > > Thursday is the deadline for legislators in Goshen, N.Y., to rescue Mr. Rudolph’s modernist building from demolition. > **[Preservationists Lose Battle to Save Orange County Government Center](https://www.archdaily.com/606701/preservationists-lose-orange-county-government-center-battle)** > > Yesterday Orange County legislators decided to “take no action” against blocking the “destructive” rebuild of Paul Ru... ---
**Author:** ![5Bfilms](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/5bfilms/32/173622_2.png) [@5Bfilms](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/5Bfilms)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/brutalism-beauty-beautalism/22326/31 "2025-01-31T02:46:24Z")
The capital of brutalism: [https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/fine-art/capital-brutalism-review-washington-district-of-concrete-national-building-museum-34b16ce9?st=488n4b&reflink=desktopwebshare\_permalink](https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/fine-art/capital-brutalism-review-washington-district-of-concrete-national-building-museum-34b16ce9?st=488n4b&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink) ---
**Author:** ![Alemel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/alemel/32/91966_2.png) [@Alemel](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Alemel)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 2:58am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/brutalism-beauty-beautalism/22326/32 "2025-01-31T02:58:23Z")
Great pictures in that article! makes me love brutalism… Here is another collection: > **[The 24 Most Beautiful Brutalist Buildings in the World](https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/most-beautiful-brutalist-buildings-world)** > > From Bulgaria to Buenos Aires, these gems prove that, in architecture, there’s often more than meets the eye ---
**Author:** ![ALC11](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/alc11/32/81254_2.png) [@ALC11](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/ALC11)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/brutalism-beauty-beautalism/22326/33 "2025-01-31T03:18:57Z")
Here’s a collection of a bunch of brutalist buildings in NYC: Some are good and some are crappy. > **[Brutal NYC — NYC URBANISM](https://www.nycurbanism.com/brutalnyc)** > > Brutal NYC is an ongoing project by NYC Urbanism that surveys brutalist architecture in and around New York City. Stay tuned for the final product this spring. ---
**Author:** ![5Bfilms](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/5bfilms/32/173622_2.png) [@5Bfilms](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/5Bfilms)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 3:52am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/brutalism-beauty-beautalism/22326/34 "2025-01-31T03:52:47Z")
That’s a YIMBY / Michael Young site right? Either way, great collection ---
**Author:** ![ALC11](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/alc11/32/81254_2.png) [@ALC11](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/ALC11)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 5:06am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/brutalism-beauty-beautalism/22326/35 "2025-01-31T05:06:09Z")
> [@5Bfilms](#): > > That’s a YIMBY / Michael Young site right? As far as I know, it is not a YIMBY-affiliated site. I found a contact email run by someone named “Josh”. ---
**Author:** ![SMCYB](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/smcyb/32/71640_2.png) [@SMCYB](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/SMCYB)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/brutalism-beauty-beautalism/22326/36 "2025-01-31T14:31:47Z")
> **[UTSA makes plans to demolish the Institute of Texan Cultures](https://sanantonioreport.org/utsa-to-demolish-institute-of-texan-cultures-hemisfair-move-museum-to-frost-tower/)** > > Redeveloping the land at Hemisfair "will best serve the future of the museum, the university and the community," UTSA's statement said. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/8/a/8a6bf4cbfd8f3e8db7f2906a1f80d3d00a3a51a0.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/1/f/1f88b0d8171f4dddab20ff296a5fd672e8f8e050.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/brutalism-beauty-beautalism/22326/37 "2025-01-31T15:52:07Z")
If I recall correctly there was a huge fuss over adding an addition to this building. ---
**Author:** ![5Bfilms](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/5bfilms/32/173622_2.png) [@5Bfilms](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/5Bfilms)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/brutalism-beauty-beautalism/22326/38 "2025-01-31T20:09:37Z")
There is something very Longhorn about that one. ---
**Author:** ![SMCYB](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/smcyb/32/71640_2.png) [@SMCYB](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/SMCYB)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/brutalism-beauty-beautalism/22326/39 "2025-01-31T21:49:52Z")
I’m not sure. But this is a case of how a concrete, Brutal building actually makes practical sense. There are priceless works of art and documents in that building. Concrete doesn’t burn. ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/brutalism-beauty-beautalism/22326/40 "2025-02-07T11:30:26Z")
On Amazon Prime - [https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/0NYHQJUTBAUY6I7GTGPXHTHNW2/ref=atv\_plr\_landingpage\_play](https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/0NYHQJUTBAUY6I7GTGPXHTHNW2/ref=atv_plr_landingpage_play) ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 6:06am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/brutalism-beauty-beautalism/22326/41 "2025-02-23T06:06:47Z")
> **[President Trump’s Attack on Brutalist Architecture in Washington](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/realestate/trump-brutalist-architecture.html)** > > Call them monuments, foreign elements, eyesores — Brutalist buildings have become another battleground in President Trump’s culture war. [Previous page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/brutalism-beauty-beautalism/22326.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/brutalism-beauty-beautalism/22326.md?page=3)