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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist_architecture The Wikipedia Page on Brutalist Architecture] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist_architecture The Wikipedia Page on Brutalist Architecture] | ||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGwVAxRHxgM A Video on the Subject] | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGwVAxRHxgM A Video on the Subject] | ||
* | *[https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/hard-to-love-a-brute/ A "99% Invisible" article + podcast on this concept] | ||
*[https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/feb/26/how-concrete-became-the-ultimate-lifestyle-concept-brutalism-architecture An article on this by "The Guardian" ] | |||
*[https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/10/why-you-hate-contemporary-architecture A HOT TAKE/oped in "Current Afairs" on this] | |||
Latest revision as of 20:53, 21 June 2020
Basics
- Also called "brutalism"
- An Architectural Style of very basic, simple buildings
- Often quite "simple" looking, ie can be described by some as a "concrete block"
- Outside of certain exceptions that use the simple geometry, in more complex arrangements (like "Habitat 67" or the Geisel Library) it is often looked on poorly
- May be something to avoid, or at least do the "good" verions