Eastern Blocks: photographs of the brutalist towers of the former USSR

FTW.

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By far the ugliest building in Boston, and that’s saying a lot

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I wouldn’t advise pressure washing the buildings in Ukraine or Russia. My experience is that the brick mortar is often chintzy; too much sand. I’d worry you’d end up causing the building to collapse.

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Zoom in on the google map satellite image of Moscow, particularly the southern side. It’s practically all housing complexes stretching for miles.

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It does make for some interesting photography, though…

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It’s good to see aging rock-stars exploring their hobbies.

Oh, not that Dave Navarro?

they do adhere to the Bauhaus ethos

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If I had to choose whether to live in a brutalist Soviet environment or an American style bastard convolute of old-world design elements and drywall, well that wouldn’t be that hard of a choice.

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You’re right! But don’t true masterstrokes genuinely achieve the intent? :slight_smile:

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