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That’s always been one of the few Brutalist complexes I actually liked. Safdie wasn’t just going for quick and cheap, and unlike other Brutalist architects he obviously spared some thought for the people who’d be … errr … inhabiting the place.
Perhaps my dim view of Brutalism in general would have been different if the material used had been happy interlocking plastic blocks…
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Needs to be at least three times bigger.
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Lego-brut?
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Lovely, wonderful Lego creations.
And fuck Instagram for making me sign up (I won’t) just to look at all the thumbnails (I couldn’t)
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Brutalism is a fine tradition for exploring shapes, making huge sculptures,inventing new ideas for pre-fabbed structures. But its not very successful at making environments that real human beings want to spend much time inside.
Minifigs are the perfect target audience for this art form.
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Some of those are just modern, not especially brutalistic. But all really cool. Arckit kits let you also build awesome modern forms for funzies; I fell into them in the early days of shutdown and gathered up several kits on eBay and Mercari for pretty cheap. Always want MOAR, though - the goal is to build Fallingwater one day.
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Yeah, I just stopped following any links that direct me to Instagram. Sorry, but no.
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Legos are even more brutal on the bottom of a bare foot.
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My sister got the Lego Fallingwater set as a gift a few years back. She was delighted.
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Well crap; I missed that one! $600 now for a new set, and $250 for a used one. For either of those costs I could pad out the rest of my Arckit set and build it bigger.
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Hopefully with better structural integrity than the original! 
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I had never heard of it. That looks fun! Looks like they’re selling individual components on their website pretty cheaply, so maybe you can buy just the components you need?
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Yep, but that’s not a cheap route. It’s easier to just scoop up lots of used sets online and have a monster selection.
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