Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An architectural style of the mid-20th century characterized by massive or monolithic forms, usually of poured concrete and unrelieved by exterior decoration.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The practice or exercise of brutality; inhumanity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Brutish quality; brutality.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun architecture A style of
modernist architecture characterized byangular geometry and overt signs of theconstruction process.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The name Brutalism -- from the French béton brut, the raw concrete used by Le Corbusier and favored by modernists -- is more commonly used today as a term of opprobrium by a public that profoundly dislikes the style's rough textures and powerful forms.
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Commission characterized the old six-story cube as a "good example of a modern form of architecture known as Brutalism which is gaining notoriety and appreciation among architects and historic preservationists."
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The architectural style of that building is called Brutalism, a Modernist style, and like all Modernist styles, is extremely unpopular with those that read about such things right now.
Lowell Sun Forum 2009
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Not so fast, say the city's historic preservationists; it's a good example of the modern architectural style known as Brutalism and ought to be saved.
unknown title 2009
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As I read on, of course, I realized that the term "Brutalism" was actually a nickname for the mainstream modern architecture pioneered by Le Corbusier, who was practically God Himself to the architecture schools and art history departments of my undergraduate years.
InstaPunk 2009
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Brutalism created Le Corbusier-inspired "streets in the sky", intended to mirror the roads in the slums they replaced, later epitomised by Erno Goldfinger's 1968 Trellick tower in North Kensington.
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The design of The Hepworth Wakefield is unconventional, reviving Brutalism in an already fairly bleak Northern landscape.
Constantin Bjerke: The Significance of David Chipperfield (VIDEO) Constantin Bjerke 2012
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The design of The Hepworth Wakefield is unconventional, reviving Brutalism in an already fairly bleak Northern landscape.
Constantin Bjerke: The Significance of David Chipperfield (VIDEO) Constantin Bjerke 2012
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I did wonder if the setting, a town called New Bruton, was named for the architectural style of Brutalism.
The first readings & watchings of 2010 « It Doesn't Have To Be Right… 2010
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Brutalism especially has become a scapegoat for the failure of that post-war welfare state optimism.
Ballardian » 'Architectures of the Near Future': An Interview with Nic Clear 2008
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