Brutalism in Buffalo, NY
1950-1970
Movement in modern architecture, emphasizing stark forms and raw surfaces, particularly of concrete ...
Brutalism
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Brutalism
Picture Dictionary of Modern Architecture: Brutalism, or Béton Brut
Rugged reinforced concrete construction, or Béton Brut, lead to an approach popularly known as Brutalism.
Brutalism
Brutalism (or New Brutalism) was a popular architectural style from the 1950s through the mid-1970s that evolved from the work of Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe.
Brutalism is an architectural style that spawned from the modernist architectural movement and which flourished from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Brutalism Extra Reading
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Blumenson, John. Ontario Architecture A Guide to Styles and Terms. 1978 ...
Brutalism - A short-lived architectural movement of the 1960s that set itself in opposition to the picturesque Scandinavian-influenced mainstream of the period, and instead advocated the brutally frank expression of the nature of modern materials, ...
Brutalism - This style began in England in 1954 coined to characterize the style of Le Corbusier and others who were inspired by such buildings.
Brutalism
A term used to describe the later buildings of Le Corbiusier and his enthusiasts, like Denys Lasdun and Erno Goldfinger, which delighted in the effects of raw concrete, left unpolished, and showing the marks of the wooden moulds.
Brutalism - Functionalist style of the 1950's -60's that left materials such as concrete determinedly undistinguished.
Buff - To polish or grind down a floor finish of terrazzo or screeded material.
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Good example of a form of modernist architecture known as Brutalism, or Brutalist architecture, most popular during the 1950s-1970s, inspired initially by the modernist, Swiss architect, Le Corbusier.
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