brutalist
/ˈbruːtəlɪst/
style featuring raw concrete and massive geometric forms
brutalist in a sentence
“Brutalist buildings divided opinion but made bold statements.”
Origin of brutalist
French béton brut raw concrete, coined by Le Corbusier
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rejecting modernist austerity in favor of ornamentation and irony
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style using the fewest possible elements
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style featuring fragmented, distorted forms
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reviving ancient Greek and Roman forms