Brutalist architecture, known for its raw concrete, geometric forms and imposing presence, has gained a renewed interest in the modern age of social media and more recently through the film The ...
Brutalism has a bad name. That may be, in part, because it is a bad name. This polarizing architectural style of the 1950s and '60s is the subject of the the film "The Brutalist," nominated for 10 ...
One of the first things I notice when I step into a new city is its architecture — the houses, the cathedrals, the libraries.
Perhaps the most famous Brutalist building in the United States is the J. Edgar Hoover Building. Brutalist architecture is characterized by raw concrete walls, imposing geometrism and repetition, ...
The Department of Housing and Urban and Development announced that it is leaving its headquarters in Washington for a space in northern Virginia. Getty Images There’s a reason God created dynamite.
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover creative people, places and projects around the world. Hulking raw concrete, impossibly rigid lines and an undeniable ...
After World War II, the Franco-Swiss architect who went by the name of Le Corbusier erected brazenly expressionistic buildings, including an 18-floor Marseilles housing project and a hilltop ...
There’s a reason God created dynamite. The brutalist federal buildings that have blighted Washington, D.C., for decades deserve the same fate as Carthage after the Third Punic War, and the nation’s ...
The Brutalist won a trio of Oscars last night, but it failed to say anything meaningful about architecture, writes Edwin ...
An error has occurred. Please try again. With a The Portland Press Herald subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. It looks like you do not have any active ...
The FBI is relocating its headquarters from the J. Edgar Hoover Building to the Ronald Reagan Building, after decades in one of D.C.’s most polarizing examples of brutalist architecture.