Yeah, I can acknowledge that. Though surveys do show that most people tend to favor classical architecture.
There's also the matter of what you're comparing it to. Some brutalism may not be beautiful, or as beautiful as something classical in form, but the best examples are just interesting in a way that a generic 5-over-2 building isn't.
I think maintenance of materials matters a lot as well. Concrete's aesthetic really depends on it being clean and crack-free.
> Concrete's aesthetic really depends on it being clean and crack-free.
... unless you're into the aesthetic of crumbling urban decay? I mean I should know better than to pick pointless fights on the internet, but you kinda teed it up
Yeah, I can acknowledge that. Though surveys do show that most people tend to favor classical architecture.
There's also the matter of what you're comparing it to. Some brutalism may not be beautiful, or as beautiful as something classical in form, but the best examples are just interesting in a way that a generic 5-over-2 building isn't.
I think maintenance of materials matters a lot as well. Concrete's aesthetic really depends on it being clean and crack-free.