Tt post apr 22, 2017

"... especially the Brutalist subset ..."

I was wondering if the Fiberglass Tower qualified as brutalist design. Probably not.

Wikipedia - Brutalist architecture

October 2016 - NY Times - Brutalism Is Back

Someone has tried to apply brutalism to web design, although that may not make sense.

http://brutalistwebsites.com

Hacker News thread

I don't know that it has to be ugly. I think the good brutalist architecture is quite beautiful, as well as very pleasant to use (it's a misconception that brutalist design is meant to be brutal towards it's users).

When I think of brutalist, I think no frills, and putting the infrastructural elements forward, not covering them up with any surface-level aesthetics. Exposing the infrastructural bones, hiding nothing.

From the Wikipedia page:

Brutalist architecture is a movement in architecture that flourished from the 1950s to the mid-1970s.

Examples are typically massive in character (even when not large), fortress-like, with a predominance of exposed concrete construction, or in the case of the "brick brutalists," ruggedly combine detailed brickwork and concrete.

Brutalism became popular for educational buildings (especially university buildings), but was relatively rare for corporate projects. Brutalism became favoured for many government projects, high-rise housing, and shopping centres.