03 — ReferenceMovement
Brutalism
1950–1980
A post-war style working in exposed concrete and visible structure, common in civic and institutional building from the 1950s to the 1970s. The name comes from béton brut, raw concrete.
Buildings
- Unité d'Habitation
Marseille · 1952
- Salk Institute
La Jolla, California · 1965
- Royal National Theatre
London · 1976
Architects
The people behind the work listed here, rather than a roll call of the movement — everyone below has a building or a piece of furniture in this reference.
- Denys LasdunBritish · 1914–2001
- Le CorbusierSwiss-French · 1887–1965
- Louis KahnAmerican · 1901–1974
Closest in the studio
Not descendants of it — the styles here that come nearest, if you want to try a room in this direction.