The General Services Administration's briefly available list of DC federal buildings it hoped to sell included many designed ...

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 ...

Few architectural styles provoke as much debate as Brutalism. Once seen as stark and imposing, its unapologetic use of raw concrete and geometric forms is now experiencing a renaissance.

A Modernist subgenre popular in the United States especially in the 1960s and ’70s, Brutalism is typically defined by poured concrete, blockiness and a minimalist ethos, emphasizing functionality.

Mark Cavagnero, the founding principal architect of San Francisco-based firm Mark Cavagnero Associates, explained to Newsweek the origins of brutalism, which grew out of the need to quickly ...

Brutalism is a polarizing design style that emerged in the 1950s post-war reconstruction of Europe. It is recognizable for its exposed, unembellished concrete, and giant, bold geometric forms.

(THE CONVERSATION) Some viewers of “The Brutalist” are probably getting their first taste of Brutalism, the architectural style that gives the film its name. The film, which has been nominated ...

His contempt for brutalism isn’t surprising, given that it is mostly associated with 1960s-era government and university buildings, hotbeds of resistance to the MAGA program. Hollywood loves ...