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Pheasants, a modernist villa in Henley-on-Thames that was featured in the 2025 sci-fi film starring Robert Pattinson is on ...
The bullet holes in the bedrooms and stairs at the Jason Russell House are a testament to a past that isn’t fully recognized ...
Explore this Ahmedabad house's concrete curves Each shell in the aptly named Carapace House has a distinct function, with the larger structure given over to living, dining and relaxing, while the ...
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) defines Brutalism as ‘a style with an emphasis on materials, textures and construction, producing highly expressive forms’. That sounds a bit closer to ...
The idea was to keep things basic and affordable – which meant moving away from the ornamentation of neoclassical styles, and giving an almost anonymous face to buildings. Brutalist architecture has ...
British architectural critic Reyner Banham is often credited as the man responsible with coining the term. However, many also claimed that the term was first used by Swedish architect Hans Asplund ...
This has overshadowed another, possibly more justified polemic surrounding terminology. Toth docks at Ellis Island in 1947, yet Brutalism, to historians, corresponds to a different decade and ...
For those intrigued by Brutalism’s bold look, incorporating its principles into home design can create a striking-yet-livable space. Here’s how to embrace Brutalist design in a modern home.
In 2021, Bob Pang set out on a mission to discover the forgotten story of brutalism in Hong Kong. Now with the publication of the bilingual Brutalist Hong Kong Map, he’s hoping to engage a global ...
Brutalism has inspired some passionate supporters. British artist Tracey Emin condemned recent proposed alterations to a brutalist 1960s apartment block in her hometown of Margate in Kent.
British architects Peter Smithson (1923-2003) and Alison Smithson (1923-1993) pictured on October 20th, 1961. Photo: Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
Introduce an observer into any field of forces, influences or communications and that field becomes distorted. It is common opinion that Das Kapital has played old harry with capitalism, so that ...