Brutalism

== English == === Alternative forms === brutalism === Etymology === From brutal +‎ -ism. Popularized in 1954 by the English architects Alison and Peter Smithson, from earlier Swedish nybrutalism (“New Brutalism”), after French béton brut (“raw concrete”), the material favored by Le Corbusier. === Noun === Brutalism (uncountable) (architecture) A style of modernist architecture characterized by angular geometry and overt signs of the construction process. Synonym: New Brutalism 2004, B. M. Boyle, Brutalism, R. Stephen Sennott (editor), Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture, Volume 1: A-F, Taylor & Francis (Fitzroy Dearborn), page 181, Nonetheless, despite its radical appearance, Brutalism could claim, if not legitimacy, at least ancestry in pre-World War II modernism. ==== Derived terms ==== Brutalist ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Brutalist architecture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia List of Brutalist structures on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === submitral