Started by Kate Lindqvist (@concrete_kate) ·
brutalism isn't named after being brutal
From béton brut, 'raw concrete', Le Corbusier's phrase. Banham's 'New Brutalism' essay popularized it. The name has done the style no favors.
6 sources · 28 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “why is it called brutalism”
- Ended at
- Reyner Banham
The Trail
- “why is it called brutalism” (google.com)
- Brutalist architecture (en.wikipedia.org)
- Béton brut (en.wikipedia.org)
- Le Corbusier (en.wikipedia.org)
- Unité d'habitation (en.wikipedia.org)
- Reyner Banham (en.wikipedia.org)
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