tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post6779478461175615550..comments2024-03-28T08:30:15.957+01:00Comments on Invisible Paris: Paris Brutal t-il?Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-57290214597925589292009-07-25T15:24:36.964+02:002009-07-25T15:24:36.964+02:00Seth: Le Corbusier's Salvation Army building (...Seth: Le Corbusier's Salvation Army building (as well as his Salvation Army boat) are mentioned in my Contomporary Architecture walk (www.freepariswalks.com), and I've spoken about the UNESCO building before. Yes, these are some of the seminal concrete modernist structures that inspired the brutalists, but brutalism for me is something even more uncompromising.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-55199390819692843412009-07-25T13:34:10.993+02:002009-07-25T13:34:10.993+02:00Check out the Unesco building by Marcel Breuer nea...Check out the Unesco building by Marcel Breuer near the Ecole Militaire and Corbu's Salvation Army building.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413053868432771187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-15053471631061705472009-07-22T10:14:09.961+02:002009-07-22T10:14:09.961+02:00Artsparker: I wasn't aware of that place, but ...Artsparker: I wasn't aware of that place, but the photos look...interesting!<br /><br />Gina: Yes, I know Louis Kahn, but mostly for his connection with - why brick of course! "What do you want brick?"<br />I'll try to track down the documentary.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-60839968602391554992009-07-22T05:04:18.183+02:002009-07-22T05:04:18.183+02:00If you are familiar with the work of Louis Kahn, h...If you are familiar with the work of Louis Kahn, his son made a lovely documentary in 2003 "My Architect", sentimentalizing his father's brutalist oeuvre...definitely worth seeing even if you are not turned on by enormously thick, hard and dull grey concrete buildings!Gina Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03646101640191804629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-26705631037531334022009-07-20T19:46:26.431+02:002009-07-20T19:46:26.431+02:00I think it's the contrast between these "...I think it's the contrast between these "brutal" building and those lavishly decorated that enables us to enjoy the diversity of the city's architecture.Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-66561646618551702652009-07-20T17:41:34.191+02:002009-07-20T17:41:34.191+02:00Do you know of Roosevelt Island in the States, att...Do you know of Roosevelt Island in the States, attached to Manhattan by a tramway? Brutalism run amok...rent the film Dark Water for a 360 degree view.ArtSparkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875996639432864367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-2736494059410955602009-07-20T06:12:25.840+02:002009-07-20T06:12:25.840+02:00I like very much your thoughts about your encounte...I like very much your thoughts about your encounter with « brutalism.» I saw those kind of builings (unappealing to my eyes) before but did not know anything about them. My feeling is that renters usely don’t pay attention to anything else but being able to pay the rent at the end of the month.Thérèsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14354559064351144704noreply@blogger.com