Comment by xroche

> As some people say in Brazil, as an architect, Niemeyer was a very good sculptor.

We indeed have a lot of those fancy buildings from famous architects, mostly from the 70s.

They all share a common pattern:

- a repressed artist who became an architect

- a beautiful piece of concrete modern art on the outside and that makes fancy design magazine photos

- an oppressive building and a complete failure in term of comfort/ergonomy

Another example is the "Espaces d'Abraxas". But there are even worse examples when you look at brutalist architecture.