In case you aren’t joking, brutalist is an architectural style, commonly seen in Washington DC and associated with government buildings. It’s not masochistic, despite brutal being in the name of
Britalism was an architectural movement that started in the post-WW2 UK.
It became pretty common for ~20 years and was very popular in communist countries due to it being cheap and no frills (commonly associated with western extravagance).
There are tons of britalism examples all around London.
Starbuck@lemmy.world 8 months ago
In case you aren’t joking, brutalist is an architectural style, commonly seen in Washington DC and associated with government buildings. It’s not masochistic, despite brutal being in the name of
bitwaba@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Britalism was an architectural movement that started in the post-WW2 UK.
It became pretty common for ~20 years and was very popular in communist countries due to it being cheap and no frills (commonly associated with western extravagance).
There are tons of britalism examples all around London.
Denjin@lemmings.world 8 months ago
londonist.com/…/londons-top-brutalist-buildings
Some examples
uis@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Soviet brutalism is a thing too
bitwaba@lemmy.world 8 months ago
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 8 months ago
The name from from the French word “brut” meaning “raw” as in “raw concrete”.