Opening October 11th to mark the re-opening of the J1 Maritime Hangar, Marseille-Provence 2013, European Capital of Culture, is presenting the Le Corbusier and Brutalism Exhibition in celebration of ...

Few architectural styles provoke as much debate as Brutalism. Once seen as stark and imposing, its unapologetic use of raw concrete and geometric forms is now experiencing a renaissance. Renewed ...

Many people think brutalist architecture is ugly. Architects make a case for why the buildings shouldn’t be torn down. Why brutalist buildings should stay, even if people think they're ugly If you’ve ...

Brutalism describes a type of architecture that is profoundly honest and pure. The term found currency in the early 1950s, first by the British architects Peter and Alison Smithson, and shortly ...

Brutalism, a mid-20th-century architectural style, appears aggressive—even violent—but broke ground when Swiss architect Le Corbusier described the design look he sought: “béton brut” or “raw concrete ...

If you’ve seen a large building made entirely out of concrete built sometime between the 1950s and 1970s, you’ve probably seen the style of architecture known as brutalism. People have a lot of ...