Pruitt-Igoe | Death Of Modernism
Ana 15/07/10 - 11:14
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A powerful video documenting the demise and demolition of the infamously failed housing project of the 33 eleven-story buildings of Pruitt-Igoe in St. Louis in 1972. A classic case of overly-scaled design lacking in humanity. via <a href="http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/4626/epic-failure/#more-4626" target="_blank">Architizer</a>.</p>

