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Obama selling ugly merch shaped liked his presidential center ‐ as architects reveal he pushed for ‘Death Star' design

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Posted by Frank G 2026-05-06 08:16|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1783 views ] Top
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1 Nazi architecture is the architecture promoted by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime from 1933 until its fall in 1945, connected with urban planning in Nazi Germany. It is characterized by three forms: a stripped neoclassicism, typified by the designs of Albert Speer; a vernacular style that drew inspiration from traditional rural architecture, especially alpine; and a utilitarian style followed for major infrastructure projects and industrial or military complexes. Nazi ideology took a pluralist attitude to architecture; however, Hitler himself believed that form follows function and wrote against "stupid imitations of the past"

Seem familiar?

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-05-06 08:39|| 2026-05-06 08:39|| Front Page Top

2 The ugliness is the point. The same as the ritual humiliation of enemies.

Posted by ed in texas 2026-05-06 08:52|| 2026-05-06 08:52|| Front Page Top

3 the “Death Star” design

More like Brendok Fortress.

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-05-06 10:40|| 2026-05-06 10:40|| Front Page Top

4 Looks more Soviet than anything Albert Speer (Nazi Architect) designed P2K. That style of Speer's is compared to neoclassical buildings, like much of Washington D.C, ex Federal Reserve Building. When I saw that pic, looks like old conceptual drawings of dc, and looks like old black and white photos before all the trees grew in around the whitehouse, mall, smithsonians, and monument area of washington.

I would argue Obamas building is not neoclassical, but is rather soulless garbage. I cherrypicked this, peace:

The Obama Presidential Center, set to open in Chicago's Jackson Park on June 19, 2026, features a modern, "primitivist" design by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects rather than traditional neoclassicism. The campus, focusing on a stone-clad tower and community spaces, aims for a "grounded strength" rather than classical columns.

Posted by mossomo 2026-05-06 15:25|| 2026-05-06 15:25|| Front Page Top

5 It's like Corbu, buried robot guy, and Allah had a gayby.

Barack and Nikita once met
For a night they could never forget
In the Marxian dark
Of Chicago's Grant Park.
[cue their cute little Kaaba-kop pet]

Posted by Phaque Stalin4902 2026-05-06 20:10|| 2026-05-06 20:10|| Front Page Top

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