I visited the head office and the garden of the Gulbenkian Foundation (open daily except tuesdays) on octobre the 7th,2024. The museum is a stone's throw away from both the metro station "Sao Sebastiao" and "Praca de Espanha". I went straight to the head office where I walked around inside the building for a few minutes. Afterwards I wandered around the garden until I reached the Center for Modern Art, where entry was free, so there was a fairly long queue. I wasn't in the mood to wait long, so I continued my wandering around the area. Finally I reached the headquarters again. Once again I entered it and looked at it from the inside again.
An absolutely ugly building from the outside, pure brutalism. The inside reminds me of a typical culture palace in the former socialist countries of eastern europe. Many ordinary factories in the world have nicer and more attractive head offices. I don't see any OUV. On the contrary.....I personally wouldn't shed a tear for the ugly building if it were torn down.