Brutalist Architecture

[jeff2]

What is your your view of the brutalist architecture which pretty much ended by the early eighties in this neck of the woods. Carried on longer in other places like Russia, I believe.
Do you like the concrete slabs or dislike the style?,

 

[Ponderling]

Just wander York U.
Lots of this stuff around the GTA.
Parts of old Don Mills as well.

 

[funstick]

I'm not a fan and always felt that way. York U is a classic example as mentioned by @Ponderling. "New" construction in the last two decades has toned down the stark and cold concrete slabs at York a bit but still an unattractive campus. Many examples in downtown Hamilton as well. The overall effect is a cold an uninviting place. Large expansive walls with no tecture and too few openings, especially on the ground floor.

 

[SchlongConery]

The original Robert Campeau condos on Queens Quay near the Ferry Docks are another ugly example. As is the (former) Harbour Castle hotel beside it.

 

[The Options Menu]

U of T Scarborough also has some rather famous brutalist architecture. Apologies for the BlogTO link. As the name implies I find the style rather oppressive, but I start to enjoy it more with some age patina, liberal amounts of interior and exterior greenery, and relatively minimalist interior design. Basically, brutalism with some of the brutal aged out of it.