Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brutalism has a bad name. That may be, in part, because it is a bad name. This polarizing architectural style of the 1950s and ...

While its origins are often associated with the post-war reconstruction of Europe, the style was also adopted globally as a powerful expression of modernity and national identity in many newly ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty / Thomas De Wever Few architectural styles provoke as much debate as Brutalism. Once seen as stark and imposing, its ...

At first look, traditional brutalist architecture doesn't feel like an easy fit with plants and nature. But this paradoxical relationship is part of the appeal, hence the buzz around the term ...

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The civic courtship of Brutalism in its heyday in the Sixties and Seventies (or the “long Sixties”, as Jonathan Meades prefers it) hit the skids long ago, and today’s city councillors and town ...

After World War II, the Franco-Swiss architect who went by the name of Le Corbusier erected brazenly expressionistic buildings, including an 18-floor Marseilles housing project and a hilltop ...

With ten Oscar nominations, The Brutalist has reignited the debate over the legacy of brutalism. The polarising architectural style was shaped by post-war hopes for a better future. But it was also, ...

The polarizing architectural style is at the heart of the Oscar-nominated film, but also widely misunderstood. The aesthetic is associated with boxy, concrete monoliths. But fans say it can also be ...