Brutal Architecture - an Open Thread

This is fairly brutal & it's a sort of architecture.
Made from recycled consumer goods outside the Eden Project in Cornwall.


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Hi, Ruhr-Universität Bochum/D (built in the 1960s, decaying now) ... :



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Hi, again my dear Alma Mater. I shall go there in spring, to celebrate my anniversary. 50 years ago I started studying there ... :



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"Like tombstones in a cemetery" Canary Wharf, London...

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Thames Walk, Lower Thames Street, Huawei P20.
 
Hi, death being brutal, one could say that brutalism is the right style or a cemetery chapel ... :



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Mind you, even the most brutal architecture can be improved with a little humour... (Alexander House Business Centre, Swindon)

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Hi, mildly brutal : Bochum-Hustadt/D :


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(Built in the 1970s, the flats were mostly used by university employees. Then the government introduced income ceilings for tenants, evicting those with higher income.
After this, lower income earners and social security recipients moved in, and migrants. The area developed into a social hot-spot. In recent years, this is being corrected ...)
 
Hi, my dear alma mater Ruhr-Universität Bochum, again :


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I must confess, I like going to Bochum every now and then when I am in the area. - I spent the happiest years of my life there ... ---
 
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