Listening to an album of classic #Xmas music and trying to explain why this genre feels so profoundly insincere. I take the #structuralist angle (it's about the lies we tell to children) but @ecourtem parries with #historicism (the Sinatra/Martin #1950s were an era of public vice).

Kubuswoningen (1972-76) in Helmond, the Netherlands, by Piet...

#1970s #structuralism #structuralist #architecture #netherlands #architektur #helmond #pietblom

Municipal Orphanage (1955-60) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, by...

#1950s #structuralism #structuralist #architecture #netherlands #concrete #architektur #amsterdam #aldovaneyck

Concert Hall “Vredenburg” (1973-78) in Utrecht, the Netherlands,...

#1970s #concerthall #concrete #brutalism #brutalist #architecture #netherlands #structuralism #structuralist #architektur #utrecht #hermanhertzberger

Headquarters of “Det Norske Veritas” (1972-76) in Oslo, Norway,...

#1970s #headquarters #concrete #structuralism #structuralist #architecture #norway #architektur #oslo #lundslaatto

Aldo van Eyck’s Municipal Orphanage in Amsterdam surely is an...

#aldovaneyck #structuralism #structuralist #architecture #netherlands #architecturebook #arthistory #dutcharchitecture #book