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Brutalismor New BrutalismTerm coined (1953) to describe Le Corbusier's use of monumental, sculptural shapes and raw, unfinished molded concrete, an approach that represented a departure from International Style. New Brutalist architects displayed a willful avoidance of polish and elegance in their buildings, exposing such structural elements as steel beams and precast concrete slabs to convey a stark, austere rectilinearity. See also Louis Kahn, James Stirling. brutalism an austere style of architecture characterized by emphasis on such structural materials as undressed concrete and unconcealed service pipes http://students.open.ac.uk/open2net/modernity/4_15.htm www.skyscrapers.com/re/en/ab/ds/pd/bu/ca/sy/mo/br How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The logic is to dam up those expectations by curtailing freedom, and, despite their lip service to Deng's policies of reform and opening up, that is what Wang Chen and his fellow brutalists wanted to do. A family tree charted architectural and cultural progress from the early '60s to the present day; from the Brutalists to the Essentialists in one jolly, seamless evolution. |
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