Few can agree on whether Brutalist architecture looks nice, but seemingly everyone wants to weigh in on the matter. In 2020, for example, US President Donald Trump targeted Brutalist architecture ...

Brutalism – the architectural style that dared to summon a new world from the ashes of World War II Michael Allen, West Virginia University Thu, February 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM UTC ...

Last month Zillow named brutalism one of the top trends to watch in 2024 — right up there with sensory gardens or pathways, cold plunge pools, pickleball courts, Murano glass ...

Brutalism has a bad name. That may be, in part, because it is a bad name. This polarizing architectural style of the 1950s and '60s is the subject of the the film "The Brutalist," nominated for 10 ...

It's a real mystery why a design style called Brutalism didn't catch on. If you haven't heard of the style, you might think, "Hmm, sounds nasty. Mean. Cruel. You know, brutal." In my opinion, you ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Michael Allen, West Virginia University (THE CONVERSATION) Some viewers of “The ...

AT UNT, brutalist architecture remade with a soft touch Boston architects Machado Silvetti bring material invention to an expansion of the university’s visual art and design school. By Mark Lamster ...

Film & TV Why ‘The Brutalist’ resonated so deeply with me Brady Corbet’s film knows well the architecture of compromise and the artist’s struggles between power and design ...

Like it or not, concrete, brutalist buildings have a starring role in D.C.’s architectural history. Here’s why.

The production design of films like “Blade Runner (1982, design by Syd Mead) or A Clockwork Orange (1971, design by John Barry) often relied on an image of modern architecture in the opposite ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Some viewers of “The Brutalist” are probably getting their first taste of Brutalism, the architectural style that gives the film its name. The film, which has been nominated ...