Another Monument Being Taken Down
- Thread starter TC Nole OX
- Start date
People generally hate Russia. Always have.
I've been there. Nobody goes there. It is a waste of a park and covered in graffiti anyway and required a full time contingent of guards to prevent further vandalism. The library in the background is pretty cool though. There are so many of these awful Russian-built monuments throughout Eastern Europe. I look forward to the dismantlement of all of them. Except for the kickass giant Russian soldier statue in Berlin.
Why do you like the latter?
The Soviet war memorials in Germany are often hit with vandalism.
It is imposing and stark and the sculpture itself is cool. In the abstract, with no historical context. And the location is ripe with history.
The Riga monument is objectively awful and ugly.
That's a lot of brutalist architecture, the name of which I learned on a tour last month.Cement features prominently in almost all Russian architecture, post WWII. They can't get enough of the concrete.
Brutalist architecture - Wikipedia
Lots of good examples in DC.That's a lot of brutalist architecture, the name of which I learned on a tour last month.
Brutalist architecture - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
The 15 Brutalist Buildings Every D.C. Resident Should Know
Brutalism is considered one of the least visually appealing architectural styles due to its blocky, cold concrete shapes. Because of that, it is also one of the most contentious. While architects l...
dc.curbed.com
