Brutalism
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See also brutalism
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Etymology[edit]
Coined in 1954 by the English architects Alison and Peter Smithson, after Le Corbusier's béton brut (French, raw concrete).
Noun[edit]
Brutalism (uncountable)
- (architecture) A style of modernist architecture characterized by angular geometry and overt signs of the construction process.