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Hm. While I don't know all the details, it seems pretty clear from the article that materials for this building were poorly chosen. While I generally dislike brutalism, at least this building has a consistently-applied theme and a certain unity. However, as an architectural theme for the city's police headquarters (if I've read the article right), I think it sends out precisely the wrong signals.
As ever, it all really depends on whether what follows would be better, i.e. in this case whether this is a good location for a public space. Turning part of it into a car park is probably not good.
Whatever its merits, it must be pretty depressing for the architect to see it under threat of demolition in his lifetime.
Oliver Schick
A Brutalist building in my town will be demolished.
Do buildings that actually belittle and intimidate people deserve to be saved?
There are lots of other good reasons for the take down of this structure including cost of restoration and the better use that this extremely valuable land could be put to (though history around here shows that likely wouldn't be the case).
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/public-safety-building-winnipeg-1.3531875