In Sweden they build ugly buildings, but they rarely destroy existing ones (these days…).
You think that’s bad? This “House of Soviets” used to be a castle in Eastern Prussia before it was turned into a concrete blob (contrary to what some might think this isn’t a commie block, but was meant to house Soviet administration instead). It doesn’t exist anymore, because Russia blew it up recently, but still. If they got a hold of Malbork Castle it would share the same fate 100%.
nearly the whole city was against it and they still pulled that. But to be fair Görlitz could keep its old town due to being nearly untouched by the war and the GDR being chronically broke.
20cm of styrofoam on the facade?
Whoever approved of this needs to be on trial for crimes against humanity this is like, the second worse thing you guys have done
Removing Stuck head been done for decades and it’s a tradegy. Yes, let’s turn all buildings to Bauhaus…
If only we had a leader who would beautify all this
Where is it please? Does anyone know a sub about architecture? And another one about this kind of criminal renovation. I search also a sub about Soviet architecture. A classic one, but also exactly the same as here : before and after.
Went through a rabbit hole about this, apparently it’s less maintenance heavy to have buildings adapt to this style and this is also why when new administrative buildings are constructed nowadays the followed style is still brutalist inspired.
No wonder everyone is depressed. Not joking, architecture lands cape helps on mental health.
Im personally offended by this building.
Jesus Christ they chiselled off all the architraves. All the rustication smoothed over. Never mind the loony posturing architects, what builder with any self respect would actually carry this out?
Bunker designers found another job,
Oh, I know the “after” restyling! That reminds me really really close of the old case del fascio!
Survived ww2
Died in the 2020s
We know that society has lost its soul and descended into controlled involution when we stop pursuing beauty and focus solely in economics or practical matters.
Weren’t you enough with the Allies and the communists of the GDR destroying all your historic cities? Do you need to destroy the few that were left untouched yourselves?
Building owners love it to spent 3 times the maintance cost over his live span, beccause a singular maintance is cheaper, but more frequent.
Go to Poland. They are really doing a lot of things right in that regard.
Party like it’s 1959!
Instead of r/ArchitecturalRevival, more r/UrbanHell. A shame!
The reason usually is better insulation.
Actually fucking criminal
This really hurts.
It’s sad to say, but the Belgians, at least in the center of Brussels, do it the right way. Gutting a building, taking years to get everything out and renovating the shit out of it, but keeping the historic facade intact.
We can’t allow to lose our history by demolishing and replacing it with standard cubic monsters where it can’t be distinguished from a building in Qatar or yankland. We have history and we need to preserve that. Renovate, gut and rebuild, but keep the aesthetic.
I bet the owner had to pay a large amount to repair the old facade, or a small amount to create a new simple facade.
Yes the new facade is ugly, and the old facade is beautiful, but if it costs an arm and a leg to maintain crumbling buildings, who can blame the owner?
Kinda meh/common original design, but if it was kept up, or easily repairable, I’d say obviously fix it. But if it requires extensive repairs, and the owner doesn’t want to pay for it to be done properly, then making a pastisch isn’t a great option. What would be real cool to preserve would’ve been the buildings these globally uniform ones replaced.
You can always spot the architects who never graduated from their first cubic dirt hut in minecraft
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Jesus Christ, who asked for this?
In Sweden they build ugly buildings, but they rarely destroy existing ones (these days…).
You think that’s bad? This “House of Soviets” used to be a castle in Eastern Prussia before it was turned into a concrete blob (contrary to what some might think this isn’t a commie block, but was meant to house Soviet administration instead). It doesn’t exist anymore, because Russia blew it up recently, but still. If they got a hold of Malbork Castle it would share the same fate 100%.
https://preview.redd.it/w3sc7h0ke0lf1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35a842a18acacf92ae7c3183bfffdfb9225c04c1
nearly the whole city was against it and they still pulled that. But to be fair Görlitz could keep its old town due to being nearly untouched by the war and the GDR being chronically broke.
20cm of styrofoam on the facade?
Whoever approved of this needs to be on trial for crimes against humanity this is like, the second worse thing you guys have done
Removing Stuck head been done for decades and it’s a tradegy. Yes, let’s turn all buildings to Bauhaus…
If only we had a leader who would beautify all this
Where is it please? Does anyone know a sub about architecture? And another one about this kind of criminal renovation. I search also a sub about Soviet architecture. A classic one, but also exactly the same as here : before and after.
are architects fucking regarded?
https://preview.redd.it/2hl4hxt9j0lf1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=6d059082774924d65a914a505a4d2faa488adc30
Went through a rabbit hole about this, apparently it’s less maintenance heavy to have buildings adapt to this style and this is also why when new administrative buildings are constructed nowadays the followed style is still brutalist inspired.
No wonder everyone is depressed. Not joking, architecture lands cape helps on mental health.
Im personally offended by this building.
Jesus Christ they chiselled off all the architraves. All the rustication smoothed over. Never mind the loony posturing architects, what builder with any self respect would actually carry this out?
Bunker designers found another job,
Oh, I know the “after” restyling! That reminds me really really close of the old case del fascio!
Survived ww2
Died in the 2020s
We know that society has lost its soul and descended into controlled involution when we stop pursuing beauty and focus solely in economics or practical matters.
Weren’t you enough with the Allies and the communists of the GDR destroying all your historic cities? Do you need to destroy the few that were left untouched yourselves?
Building owners love it to spent 3 times the maintance cost over his live span, beccause a singular maintance is cheaper, but more frequent.
Go to Poland. They are really doing a lot of things right in that regard.
Party like it’s 1959!
Instead of r/ArchitecturalRevival, more r/UrbanHell. A shame!
The reason usually is better insulation.
Actually fucking criminal
This really hurts.
It’s sad to say, but the Belgians, at least in the center of Brussels, do it the right way. Gutting a building, taking years to get everything out and renovating the shit out of it, but keeping the historic facade intact.
https://preview.redd.it/zo7n41ilx0lf1.jpeg?width=2265&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e82f36c5c5ef6dd1f02fde961711b791c3734cd5
We can’t allow to lose our history by demolishing and replacing it with standard cubic monsters where it can’t be distinguished from a building in Qatar or yankland. We have history and we need to preserve that. Renovate, gut and rebuild, but keep the aesthetic.
I bet the owner had to pay a large amount to repair the old facade, or a small amount to create a new simple facade.
Yes the new facade is ugly, and the old facade is beautiful, but if it costs an arm and a leg to maintain crumbling buildings, who can blame the owner?
Kinda meh/common original design, but if it was kept up, or easily repairable, I’d say obviously fix it. But if it requires extensive repairs, and the owner doesn’t want to pay for it to be done properly, then making a pastisch isn’t a great option. What would be real cool to preserve would’ve been the buildings these globally uniform ones replaced.
You can always spot the architects who never graduated from their first cubic dirt hut in minecraft
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