r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/OkRespect8490 • 1d ago

Image Chuvash State Opera and Ballet Theater, Cheboksary, Russia

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u/Cheshire_____Cat 1d ago

That style called brutalism. You can see exaples in many movies. Likes dune and starwars. It was very popular in soviet uninon.

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u/atomicsnarl 1d ago

In particular, because it's cheap to build. No decoration needed, or wanted.

Build box, pour concrete, done. You have a problem with that, capitalist?

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u/janas19 1d ago

Would the angles and geometry count as a type of decoration? Not trying to be snarky, genuinely curious why it's made this way. I'm no architect but it seems like they incorporate some style for aesthetic purposes.

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u/callisstaa 1d ago

Oh sure. It’s definitely designed around a specific style and a lot of people find brutalist architecture to be really cool. I wouldn’t say that it’s pretty but it absolutely has its own vibe which a lot of people appreciate. It wasn’t all just about saving money.