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Originally Posted by someone123
My earlier comment was pretty terse but I was getting at the idea that concrete isn't bad per se, that the execution of just about any given architectural material can be either successful or unsuccessful. The balconies look interesting in that photo above. They might not look so good up close; I'm not sure. There was a whole architectural movement (brutalism) that explored the use of bare concrete.
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I know what you're getting at, and I agree that concrete in itself doesn't necessarily have to look bad (though admittedly I was never a huge fan of brutalism). If executed properly some really interesting things can be done with concrete-finished buildings - I have not been able to reconcile how bad concrete looks once it becomes old and stained without some kind of maintenance, though.
I guess when it comes down to it, having the building mostly cladded gives it a clean, finished look which appears incongruous (to me) with the stained-appearing concrete on the balconies. That's it in a nutshell, really, either finish it or not - a strange mix of finished and unfinished just looks, well, strange to me...
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