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Old Posted Jan 16, 2012, 6:20 PM
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Originally Posted by The_Architect View Post
Wait, you're using the J. Edgar Hoover building as an example of bad Brutalist architecture??

Absolutely. A building can have all the defining characteristics of a particular style, and still be bad architecture. A building must perform its intended function well, and work within the context of its environment. According to people I know who have worked inside that building, it does not do the first (which is one of the reasons they are looking to relocate), and it most certainly does not do the second; it effectively creates a deadspace in a busy downtown area, with both its dread, imposing appearance, and the moat that surrounds it. It is bad land use, and bad design. "Form follows function", as was reiterated often in class.
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