Yeah, that brick building is fine, and there is plenty of crap built in Europe too. For example, I just plopped down on the first street I could find in Nice, and it is this:
https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.69281...7i13312!8i6656
It all looks fairly new, and none of it is particularly nice (no pun intended). But I'm sure it's a fine place to live.