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Brutalist
Brutalism
Architectural movement defined by raw, exposed concrete construction.
Brutalist
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The term comes from the French beton brut, raw concrete, describing buildings that expose their structural materials openly. It started in British architecture in the 1950s, with critic Reyner Banham usually credited for coining the term.
The Barbican Estate in London and Boston City Hall are the two most frequently cited examples, and both still get argued about, imposing to some, honest to others. Digital Brutalism is the web version of the same instinct, default fonts and visible grid structures, refusing to round off any corners.