new brutalism — ‘New brutalism’ was a term coined in Britain in 1954 to characterize an architecture which provided a conscious embodiment of a mood widespread among younger architects of the 1950s. Frustrated by the lack of opportunities for building in… … Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture
brutalism — brutalist, n., adj. /brooht l iz euhm/, n. (in modern architecture) the aesthetic use of basic building processes with no apparent concern for visual amenity. [1795 1805, for literal sense; BRUTAL + ISM; in reference to architecture first used by … Universalium
new — newness, n. /nooh, nyooh/, adj., newer, newest, adv., n. adj. 1. of recent origin, production, purchase, etc.; having but lately come or been brought into being: a new book. 2. of a kind now existing or appearing for the first time; novel: a new… … Universalium
BRUTALISM — The term Brutalism was introduced by the architectural critic Reyner Banham in his 1966 publication The New Brutalisai: Ethic or Aesthetic? This movement was meant to redirect modern architecture toward a more monumental and heroic form and… … Historical Dictionary of Architecture
New Objectivity (architecture) — For the literary and artistic aspects of this movement, see New Objectivity. Walter Gropius s Bauhaus, Dessau The New Objectivity (a translation of the German Neue Sachlichkeit, sometimes also translated as New Sobriety) is a name often given to… … Wikipedia
List of brutalist structures — Brutalism is an architectural style that spawned from the modernist architectural movement and which flourished from the 1950s to the 1970s. The following list provides numerous examples of this architectural style worldwide.List of notable… … Wikipedia
Brutalist architecture — Boston City Hall, part of Government Center, Boston, Massachusetts (Gerhardt Kallmann and N. Michael McKinnell, 1969). The structure illustrates typical (but not necessary) Brutalist characteristics such as top heavy massing, the use of slender… … Wikipedia
Brutalismus — Kloster Sainte Marie de la Tourette, Frankreich (Le Corbusier, 1956–1960) Brutalismus ist ein Architekturstil der Moderne, dessen Blütezeit zwischen 1953 und 1967 lag.[1] Inhaltsverze … Deutsch Wikipedia
Latin American architecture — Introduction history of architecture in Mesoamerica, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean beginning after contact with the Spanish and Portuguese in 1492 and 1500, respectively, and continuing to the present. For… … Universalium
Брутализм — Национальный королевский театр в Лондоне. Арх … Википедия