{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "The following two things are, I believe, incontrovertibly true: the majority of extant Brutalist buildings are perfectly nice;...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/164802145743/", "html": "<p><a href=\"http://clawsofpropinquity.tumblr.com/post/164798203489/the-following-two-things-are-i-believe\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">clawsofpropinquity</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote><p>The following two things are, I believe, incontrovertibly true: the majority of extant Brutalist buildings are perfectly nice; every single one of them could be significantly improved by giving them a lick of paint and perhaps a bit of tasteful stucco work.</p></blockquote>\n\n<p>There was a Brutalist church in my hometown growing up</p><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"379\" data-orig-width=\"600\"><img src=\"/media/tumblr_inline_ovironhzOA1qdlop9_500_f444ffbd4f49.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"379\" data-orig-width=\"600\"/></figure><p>At some point when I was in college they decided to soften up the veneer, particularly that big blank b\u00e9ton brut entryway wall, with tinted stone facing and some decoration</p><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"675\" data-orig-width=\"900\"><img src=\"/media/tumblr_inline_ovironxQVp1qdlop9_500_2cafabb232a3.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"675\" data-orig-width=\"900\"/></figure><p>Looks much worse tbh</p>", "thumbnail_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/media/tumblr_inline_ovironhzOA1qdlop9_500_f444ffbd4f49.jpg", "thumbnail_width": 500, "thumbnail_height": 316}