“You don’t matter. Wear a mask, you’re all the same. Ugly architecture, Brutalist architecture.” The style, he said, “was designed to send that message, not to uplift, but to oppress.

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 ...

His contempt for brutalism isn’t surprising, given that it is mostly associated with 1960s-era government and university ...

The Cite Radieuse was just the beginning. Well into the 1970s, brutalist architecture dominated new construction worldwide. Concrete was affordable, and the unadorned forms meant a relatively ...

Dallas begins landmarking process for City Hall Mark Lamster on why brutalist civic architecture is worth saving. It’s a ...

But the English associations of the word "brutal" give "brutalist" architecture a forbidding sound. Imagine a brutalist building, and you imagine something harsh, cruel, barbaric. A not-nice building.

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. But the English associations of the word "brutal" give "brutalist" architecture a forbidding sound. Imagine a brutalist building ...

Harry Weese’s stations for Washington’s Metro subway system are vaulted spaces with coffer-like rectangular recesses meant to harmonize with Washington’s classical architecture. Not exactly what you’d ...

Brutalist architecture rose to prominence in the 1950s as the trending post-war aesthetic, with an emphasis on raw materials and rough surfaces, massive forms that evoke a sense of scale ...

The General Services Administration's briefly available list of DC federal buildings it hoped to sell included many designed ...