Brutalism Architecture

Angular, geometric shapes, hard edges, and monolithic constructions. You are either in a Lego set or looking at an example of brutalist architecture. It’s a devise style, with some seeing it as the pinnacle of function over form, while others just think of endless, soulless commie blocks, with rotting, exposed concrete.

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Angular, geometric shapes, hard edges, and monolithic constructions. You are either in a Lego set or looking at an example of brutalist architecture. It’s a devise style, with some seeing it as the pinnacle of function over form, while others just think of endless, soulless commie blocks, with rotting, exposed concrete.

Brutalist architecture is essentially buildings with exposed, raw concrete. While they might look abrupt, there is also something amazing about them.

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The "Atlas of Brutalist Architecture" showcases 878 works of utopian, outsize concrete-heavy architecture in more than 100 countries.