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Came to REXKL today for coffee…this place is certainly much more pleasant and fun to explore on a weekday.

Also stumbled upon some interesting graffitis here. Come here to see them yourself. ImageImage
Urban rejuvenation underway, but the old school fruit sellers are still there. Many new cafes, but not all are excellent, so be sure to check the reviews! ImageImage
Had a lovely spread at Palmierra, a new Malay restaurant located right across the road from Four Points. Delicious.

The kek batik has the texture that I like; gummy. Must try the asam pedas fish too. ImageImageImageImage
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The Bulgarian 🇧🇬🚞 rail trip thread continues here.

Day 3️⃣ Велико Търново / Veliko Tarnovo
Veliko Tarnovo is known as the "City of Tsars", since it was the medieval capital of Bulgaria. For me, it was one of the surprises of the trip.

We start the visit with some panoramic views from the Monument to Assen dynasty, located right in the middle of the Yantra river bend.
Some more pics of the monument itself.

Built in 1985 to make the anniversary of the rise of this dynasty, it features similar characteristics to other "historical monuments" built during the last years of communism in Bulgaria.
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Thread. Brutalist architecture in Asia.

China is the largest consumer of cement and concrete in the world, the use of which has peaked in the first two decades of the twenty-first century.
Used for the construction of extensive infrastructure and buildings, over the last 20 years renowned Chinese architects have been working in and studying the constructive limits and spatial and superficial effects of exposed concrete.
In the process, they have created a wave of avant-garde architecture in China.

Chinese Brutalism today investigates the compositional, formal, and ornamental reasons for this architecture and its different surface finishes, from rough to smooth.
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#LetsTalkDesign #ArchitectureToo Odc. 18. Beton power, beton glory
#Brutalism
Za praojca brutalizmu uważa się Le Corbusiera co jest trochę ułatwianiem sobie życia bo da się tak powiedzieć o wszystkim, co zbudowano po 1945, on tak nie uważał, a w ogóle była jeszcze inna inspiracja ImageImageImageImage
Były nią mianowicie "dzieła" architektów, pracujących dla Organisation Todt. Na zlecenie Hitlera projektowali Wał Atlantycki, którego bunkry zabezpieczyć miały Rzeszę od Zachodu. Woleli o tym nie wspominać w swoich powojennych CV; Wał zbudowano wszak pracą robotników przymusowych ImageImageImageImage
Ci autorzy przerażająco funkcjonalnej architektury wojny stworzyli wszakże coś na kształt własnego języka formalnego, w którym niektórzy doszukują się nawiązań do ekspresjonizmu i pierwszych budynków wzniesionych w Europie z surowego betonu, takich jak Goetheanum Rudolfa Steinera ImageImage
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