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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …