[alsob-] a style of architecture that originated in England in the 1950s, characterized by stark, massive forms having repetitive angular features and by coarsely textured exposed concrete
Brutalism
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Brutalism
noun
An architectural style of the mid-20th century characterized by massive or monolithic forms, usually of poured concrete and unrelieved by exterior decoration.
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Origin
brutal +"Ž -ism
Noun
(uncountable)
- (architecture) A style of modernist architecture characterized by angular geometry and overt signs of the construction process.
Origin
Coined in 1954 by the English architects Alison and Peter Smithson, after Le Corbusier's béton brut (French, raw concrete).
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