Example Sentences

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The enormous 1970s brutalist concrete building had become synonymous with the Bundesbank and was said to reflect its culture of fostering economic stability.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

On a concrete plateau on a mountain overlooking the ice-dotted fjord sits the base’s radar building, a massive brutalist structure shaped like a concrete-and-steel trapezoid.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

Last season, trapped inside Lumon's brutalist architecture and sanitised walls, crunching mysterious numbers for the "Macrodata Refinement team", the team was fed cultish Soviet-esque propaganda about company founder Kier Eagan and his family.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025

The designs of the four-member team fit against the brutalist backdrops of what look like inverted skyscrapers and contrast with the rocky, dystopian landscapes seen later in their ordeal.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2024

Architectural blueprints, close-ups of Chicago’s brutalist and gothic buildings, colorful produce stands and assortments of raviolis flash in quick succession, revealing the sources of her creativity.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2023