The term is simply taken from béton brut, French for “raw concrete.” It's not about the adjective, man, but the noun. The brutalist movement ... in our chaotic and crumbling world.

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 ...

Not exactly what you’d expect of a brutalist project. That the vaults consist of exposed concrete doesn’t make the stations ... The complex has not aged gracefully. Yet the state, at last report, ...

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Brutalist buildings emphasize form using assemblies of monumental geometric shapes. While some critics find Brutalism’s heavy ...

In northern Italy, a couple spent years carefully restoring a 1971 masterwork by architect Carlo Graffi designed (appropriately) for the owner of a concrete company. "It was completely abandoned ...

The main green’s sprawling Brutalist buildings have ... cannot be walked on due to broken concrete. (Rhode Island PBS) Outdoor staircases are also crumbling, and the concrete buildings are ...

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 ...

Grounded on a heavy, concrete base, the home feels at the same time light and sleek. Inspired by brutalist architecture and concrete structures, it features expert joinery and clean, minimalist ...