Brutalism is Back
There was never anything particularly functional or honest about brutalist architecture. A Mies van der Rohe skyscraper is functional and honest: not much more than the structural steel necessary to keep the thing upright and the glass windows necessary to let in light for the humans inside.<p>Compare with monstrosities like the old Prentice hospital in Chicago: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prentice_Women%27s_Hospital_Building#/media/File:Prentice_Hospital_1.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prentice_Women%27s_Hospital_Bu...</a>. Nothing functional about the tiny windows, or weirdly-shaped circular interior spaces, or wrapping the whole thing in a material (concrete) that doesn't hold up well to a snowy climate. Just architectural wankery.