In the architecture world, it's all about the re-appreciation of brutalism. The revival has been relatively swift—the verdict swinging from condemnation and demolition to idolatry and reverence over ...

During the baby boomer’s expansionist era, in a bold bid to expand, USC replaced its beloved brick heritage with unyielding ...

Brutalist architecture, known for its raw concrete, geometric forms and imposing presence, has gained a renewed interest in the modern age of social media and more recently through the film The ...

It divides opinion, but brutalist ... German architecture studio Demo Working Group chose to use cool tones and reflective surfaces to provide a subtle contrast to the heavy concrete walls inside ...

Suzuko Yamada Architects shares that “life and nature are in tension” with the architecture” of the Nakano house. “They exist ...

The term is believed to come from "beton brut," French for raw concrete. Surprisingly, almost no Brutalist architecture appears ... architectural historian, my head is still spinning apart from ...

The Cite Radieuse was just the beginning. Well into the 1970s, brutalist architecture dominated new construction worldwide. Concrete was affordable, and the unadorned forms meant a relatively ...

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Boston City Hall, which was completed in 1968, is considered a classic example of Brutalist architecture. Yunghi Kim/The Boston Globe via Getty Images ...