Today: Brutalism
A walk through the concrete that polite society spent four decades hating and one decade loving back. Five steps. Pace yourself.
Brutalist architecture
The Wikipedia article gives you the surface: post-war Britain, béton brut, Le Corbusier, the rise and fall and rise again of the style.
This Brutal World · Peter Chadwick
Black-and-white photographs of brutalism worldwide, with no captions on the page — you flick to the back to find out where each building is.
Concrete Soldiers UK · 2017
A documentary on the residents of London's Aylesbury Estate — the politics of demolition versus preservation, told from inside.
99% Invisible · "Concrete Vol. 1"
Roman Mars on the long history of pour-in-place concrete, from Roman aqueducts to the Barbican Centre. 35 minutes.
r/brutalism · 220k members
A daily firehose of photos and discussions. Excellent for falling further in.
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