brutalism
Architecture. a style of modernist architecture, originating in the 1950s, characterized by exposed structural materials and plain, massive, often steeply angular geometric forms, typically of unfinished concrete.
a style in art, furniture, jewelry, etc., influenced by this architecture and often characterized by outsized elements or the use of unfinished or roughly textured materials.
Origin of brutalism
1Other words from brutalism
- bru·tal·ist, noun, adjective
Words Nearby brutalism
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How to use brutalism in a sentence
Its chairman, Justin Shubow, has railed repeatedly and absurdly against brutalism, the style in which Bunshaft designed the Hirshhorn and its garden.
How a rock wall and pool of water have thrown a wrench into the redesign of Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden | Philip Kennicott | April 16, 2021 | Washington Postbrutalism avant-la-lettre, and as usual, I love all that concrete.
High and long sustained, the sublime anthem rolled above the battle and its brutalism.
The Prince of India, Volume II | Lew. WallaceIt is enough to say of this old heathen dream, that there never was such a state of savage brutalism known since man was man.
Its bald brutalism flourishes freely only when covered and disguised.
Ethics | John Dewey and James Hayden Tufts
British Dictionary definitions for brutalism
/ (ˈbruːtəˌlɪzəm) /
an austere style of architecture characterized by emphasis on such structural materials as undressed concrete and unconcealed service pipes: Also called: new brutalism
Derived forms of brutalism
- brutalist, noun, adjective
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