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Strong bold shapes composed
Reinforced concrete structures expressed
Largeness of scale, strong, muscular character
Off form concrete construction
Large areas of blank wall
Brick work and stone
Diagonal, sloping or strong curved elements contrasting with horizontal and vertical members
Brutalism Examples
The Interior of the Phillips Exeter Academy
Library, 1965-1971, by Louis Kahn.
![[Image: exeter.jpg]](http://www.frontdesk.co.in/big/tod/exeter.jpg)
The building of the National bank of Macedonia.
![[Image: bank.jpg]](http://www.frontdesk.co.in/big/tod/bank.jpg)
Many stations of the Washington Metro system display Brutalist characteristics.
![[Image: brutal2.jpg]](http://www.frontdesk.co.in/big/tod/brutal2.jpg)
The Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban (National Assembly Building of Bangladesh), 1961-1981, by Louis Kahn.
The Roger Stevens Building at the University of Leeds is the centre piece to a large complex of Brutalist buildings connected by skyways.
![[Image: brutal3.jpg]](http://www.frontdesk.co.in/big/tod/brutal3.jpg)
University of Toronto's Robarts Library in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Reinforced concrete structures expressed
Largeness of scale, strong, muscular character
Off form concrete construction
Large areas of blank wall
Brick work and stone
Diagonal, sloping or strong curved elements contrasting with horizontal and vertical members
Brutalism Examples
The Interior of the Phillips Exeter Academy
Library, 1965-1971, by Louis Kahn.
The building of the National bank of Macedonia.
Many stations of the Washington Metro system display Brutalist characteristics.
The Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban (National Assembly Building of Bangladesh), 1961-1981, by Louis Kahn.
The Roger Stevens Building at the University of Leeds is the centre piece to a large complex of Brutalist buildings connected by skyways.
University of Toronto's Robarts Library in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada