Back in the dead of winter, I did a short post that included a photo of the austere, East-facing wall of the Palais de Justice. My immediate reaction was one of disgust, but I quickly learned that this distinct architectural has both critics and fans and a story worth telling.

Souha Tahrani, a Ph.D student in architecture

The debate sparked by this post revealed to me the passion and knowledge that many Montrealers have for architectural issues; to date, there are 35 comments on that post. As someone who approaches architecture from a fairly pedestrian point of view–both literally and figuratively–I learned a great deal from the debate that ensued, among things that the term “Brutalism” comes from “béton brut,” not “brutal (thanks, MB).

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