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Old Apr 4, 2020, 3:55 pm
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Originally Posted by BuildingMyBento
No kidding? I haven't been to London in almost sixteen years, and worse, I didn't know about the Brutalist stuff back then.

Isn't there a nationally (for England) infamous Brutalist car park somewhere? English playgrounds Brighton and Blackpool must have a couple of winners, too.
Sadly, not anymore.

https://www.dezeen.com/2019/02/11/we...h-shiva-hotel/
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Old Apr 4, 2020, 9:15 pm
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Originally Posted by BuildingMyBento
Easy one...Habitat '67 in Montreal, Canada.

(FT Mods, would you mind amending the threat title to be ugliest/most unusual? I would appreciate it.)
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Old Apr 4, 2020, 11:23 pm
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Surprised no one has mentioned the Hilton in Schiphol. Maybe it's me, but just eww...
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Old Apr 5, 2020, 12:44 pm
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Originally Posted by StartinSanDiego
Done
Thanks, @StartinSanDiego!

Back to the topic, how about this one in the background in Moji, Japan?
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Old Apr 6, 2020, 7:46 am
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Originally Posted by BuildingMyBento
To start, I will nominate Boston's city hall ….
Its architect just died of covid-19, but not before describing a design for his grave to his wife over the phone. The Times obituary notes that the grave is all granite.
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Old Apr 6, 2020, 8:21 am
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Brasilia

I'll go with calling it interesting and unusual and leave it at that.
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Old Apr 7, 2020, 8:00 am
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More love for Prague. Their TV tower has to be one of the more exotic examples ever built.

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Old Apr 7, 2020, 1:34 pm
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More love for Prague. Their TV tower has to be one of the more exotic examples ever built.

How big are those babies crawling up?
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Old Apr 7, 2020, 4:33 pm
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Originally Posted by rickg523
How big are those babies crawling up?
Wikipedia suggests:
The piece consists of several sculptures depicting babies, which are 350 cm long and 260 cm high.[2] Their faces are replaced with bar code stamps.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babies_(%C4%8Cern%C3%BD)
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