Brutalism

Brutalist architecture is a style of architecture which flourished from the 1950s to the mid 1970s, spawned from the modernist architectural movement. 

• Boston City Hall, part of Government Center, Boston, Massachusetts (Gerhardt Kallmann and N. Michael McKinnell, 1969).
• The structure illustrates typical (but not necessary) Brutalist characteristics such as top-heavy massing, the use of slender base supports, and the sculptural use of raw concrete.

The architectural style known as Brutalism  or The New Brutalism is more related to the theoretical reform of the CIAM than to “béton brut“ raw, unfinished concrete

Brutalism  CHARACTERISTICS

• 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

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