Brutalism
:Wikipedia:Buffalo City Court BuildingBuffalo City Court Building, built 1971–1974 by Pfohl, Roberts, and Biggie, is a classic example of Brutalism's imposing aesthetic
Meaning
Noun
- A style of modernist architecture characterized by angular geometry and overt signs of the construction process.
Origin
- brutal + -ism. Popularized in 1954 by the English architects Alison and Peter Smithson, from earlier Swedish nybrutalism,{{cite-web
- |work=The Guardian
- |date=2014-02-13
- |author=Jonathan Meades
- |title=The incredible hulks: Jonathan Meades' A-Z of brutalism
- |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/feb/13/jonathan-meades-brutalism-a-z
- after French béton brut, the material favored by Le Corbusier.
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