I've spent the last decade photographing brutalist buildings across Eastern Europe, and I keep hearing people call them ugly concrete blocks that should be torn down. But walk into the National Library of Kosovo in Pristina or the former post office in Skopje, and you'll find spaces that actually shape how people move and gather. Isn't it time we stop judging brutalist architecture solely by its exterior and start looking at how these structures function in daily life? The facade might be rough, but the public squares and interiors often create the most vibrant urban moments in cities that desperately need them.