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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

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bitwaba@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

commonly seen in Washington DC

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.

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- Denjin@lemmings.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  londonist.com/…/londons-top-brutalist-buildings
  
  Some examples
  
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- uis@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Soviet brutalism is a thing too
  
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  - bitwaba@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    and was very popular in communist countries
    
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    uis@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Derp. Sorry.
    
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lolcatnip@reddthat.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The name from from the French word “brut” meaning “raw” as in “raw concrete”.

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