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They are the buildings you love to hate. “The machines for living in”. The brutal structures of High Modernism, constructed in the 1960s and 70s, are beginning to show their age. Now, historic preservation laws in many countries will attempt to keep these buildings in tact – protecting their distinctive style. But will this serve the interests of the communities who use them or create monuments to terrible architecture? The Atlantic Cities explores.
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What is that monstrosity of a building? Street signs seem to indicate it’s in Toronto. but I don’t recognize it.
P.S. That’s what photo captions, or even a hovering caption, are for!
An interesting article about Brutalist buildings: http://www.theatlanticcities.com/design/2012/01/case-saving-ugly-buildings/913/ that mentions the UofT Robart’s library…