The Architecture of Force

The architecture of force is something I would never like to design. It can range from Fascist, Communist or Brutalist architecture, but in any case, those buildings are overwhelming in a negative way; even though some buildings are actually beautiful and impressive (like the Stalinist Architecture examples), I can't really enjoy them as knowing from which period they're from... they can turn a sort of guilty pleasure. We can't ignore these buildings as if they never existed and as if they weren't actually art (well, apparently in North Korea they can do it), but it is still hard to find them as delightful as an innocent Monet painting on a museum's wall. 

It is somehow amazing that important universities all over the world keep using the force architectural style of brutalism because it is not exactly lovable or cute or inviting... at all; brutalist buildings are actually way too intimidating to be a college's library.

This Stalinist piece, for example is as beautiful as the photograph composition we're seeing,
but who can completely enjoy it while knowing it is a discrete monument for Stalin?