Word info

brutalist

Speech parts

1. brutalist - Noun

2. brutalist - Adjective

Meaning

Brutalist (comparative more Brutalist, superlative most Brutalist)

(architecture) Pertaining to Brutalism, a style of modernist architecture characterized by the use of board-marked concrete

Brutalist (plural Brutalists)

An architect who used this style

brutalist (plural brutalists)

Someone that follows brutalism.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Related terms

Phrases with the word

Examples

Brutalist architecture has been criticised for being soulless and for promoting the exclusive use of a material that is poor at withstanding long exposures to natural weather. citation He received the AIA Gold Medal in 1966. Source: Internet

London's Mock Tudor Social Housing EstateSay 'social housing' and people usually picture high-rise tower blocks and jaunty brutalist concrete slabs. Source: Internet

The most brutal of brutalist works, this tentacled gusher, which once hugged the Embarcadero Freeway pre-demolition, provokes many reactions. Source: Internet

The American director, who was in charge of San Francisco’s CCA Wattis before moving to London (and an Art Critic for L.A. Weekly before that), recently oversaw a revamp of the chunky brutalist building of his institution. Source: Internet

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan. Source: Internet

Of Brutalist architecture, it was voted "The World's Ugliest Building" in 2008. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms