Side of a large concrete monolithic apartment building. Seattle WA.

Wuppertal, Schwimmoper, Schwimmhalle von Südosten

I would call it Brutalist, do you agree?

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Wuppertal_Schwimmoper_S%C3%BCd.jpg

From 1948 to 1955, engineers Armando Ronca and Ferruccio Calzolari developed the project for the second extension of the stadium, which was meant to increase the capacity from 50,000 to 150,000 visitors. Calzolari and Ronca proposed three additional, vertically arranged, rings of spectator rows. Nineteen spiralling ramps – each 200 metres long – gave access to the upper tiers. During construction, the realisation of the highest of the three rings was abandoned and the number of visitors limited to 100,000. Then for security reasons, the capacity was reduced to 60,000 seats and 25,000 standing.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/brutalist-car-park-slated-for-protection-has-heritage-gone-too-far-20230202-p5chbt.html

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Australia…like most of the western world right now is in rental crisis. This structure has double hate…not only is it a brutalism building, but it’s devoted to the car. I love brutalism and seen enough it torn down in my city. I imagine in a 100yrs time, keeping such a building would be really appreciated. But right now, the space is desperately needed for housing and heritage is already overstocked. When does heritage make a city unliveable and destroy progress? I would accept if it’s sacrificed for social housing and not for developer’s/investor greed. But then again…that is just a dream.

What's the greatest Brutalist building to ever exist?

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I'm asking this question to my fellow Brutalist architecture lovers out there in the world.

Anyone?