Social media and coffee table books have been "bringing new attention and new eyes" to the brutalist style, an expert tells Newsweek.
In the architecture world, it's all about the re-appreciation of brutalism. The revival has been relatively swift—the verdict ...
Adrien Brody's Oscar-winning movie embodies an architectural movement that embraces the raw and the unadorned. And at the ...
The exposed, poured-in-place “raw” concrete—béton brut—of which they were wholly or partially constructed accounts for “brutalism,” the name by which the architectural craze these buildings launched ...
raw concrete, called "béton brut" in French. Their form and appearance are uncompromising, with no decorative adornments and few colors. To some observers, the buildings appear coarse ...
Designed to support aging in place, this flexible, single-level dwelling is defined by raw materials and circular motifs.
Concrete has been one of the fundamentals- the very rudimentary structure of architecture. But what if this versatile element is added to the interiors, as it is? The raw beauty radiates a ...
You've seen the buildings: boxy, unadorned, often featuring exposed, naked concrete. Brutalism gets its moniker from the French phrases "béton brut" — "raw concrete" — and "art brut" — "raw ...
The word itself derives from the architect Le Corbusier’s use of béton brut, or raw concrete. “There was a real enthusiasm about what you can do with concrete, the plasticity of it,” said ...
The name “brutalism” comes from “breton brut” – French for raw concrete, which is a signature of Brutalist buildings. This landmark was designed by architects William Lim, Tay Kheng Soon ...