People love to hate on Brutalist architecture to the point where many cities are tearing them down and rebuilding. I think this is a mistake. This is a distinct architectural style with historic value. A lot of these buildings would look so much better if they …

99% of brutalist architecture that isn't major public landmarks is just hostile, antisocial, prison-looking monoliths that completely ruin any chance of fostering community or urban vitality by creating a cultural dead space where nothing can grow. It's like taking a patch of forest and spraying it with pesticides so all the plants die.

Feb 11, 2024 · A friendly place to discover and appreciate brutalist buildings and architecture. Share photos, read articles, and discuss.

r/brutalism: A friendly place to discover and appreciate brutalist buildings and architecture. Share photos, read articles, and discuss.

Jan 17, 2016 · It doesn’t need your approval. It just is what it is and gets the job done. It‘s cheap, it‘s striking. It resonates 80‘s and 90‘s Molchat Doma vibes. Every time I see a brutalist building, I hear Sudno play in my head, as cheesy as it sounds. It‘s empty, yet vast. It‘s a unique style that resonates feelings, unlike any other ...

May 18, 2021 · I think the lack of sensitivity to context is both a strength and weakness for brutalism. The scale gives it a sense a monumentality that is often lost in contemporary cities where buildings are either packed tightly together, becoming a blended mass of disparate styles and programs or are looming towers that (often) lack of identity (due to the sameness of …

Feb 11, 2022 · This time - rougly from the 1940s to the 1970s - coincided with an enormous expansion of the public sector, mass construction of social housing (which was largely built in a Brutalist or Brutalist-adjacent style), and a general zeitgeist in favor of the interests of Labor and the working class over those of Capital and the private sector, or at ...

Brutalist architecture. Brutalist architecture is an architectural style that emerged during the 1950s in the United Kingdom, among the reconstruction projects of the post-war era. Brutalist buildings are characterised by minimalist constructions that showcase the bare building materials and structural elements over decorative design.

Apr 9, 2016 · It doesn't matter what some pompous architectural critic or actual architect might think about Brutalist structures or, for that matter, any other structure. It matters what the users think. The overwhelming majority of users despise Brutalist structures. Enough said.

Finally, over top of all of this, brutalist architecture came to popularity during an era of Urban Renewal: between the 50s and 70s, it was very fashionable in municipal planning to tear out established neighbourhoods in favour of "planned development": expressways, tower blocks, sterile landscapes and lots and lots and lots of brutalist ...