Movement
Brutalism
Explore in the Atlas →A postwar movement (c.1950s–1970s) of raw exposed concrete (béton brut), massive sculptural form and honest structure; named by Reyner Banham after Alison and Peter Smithson's 'New Brutalism' and proto-typed by Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation.
Production Power
Details
- Origin
- United Kingdom
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- ReasonLived experience
- Subject
- Human centred
- Degree of codification
- Pattern based
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Relational embodied
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Connections
- influenced Structuralism (Architecture)
Referenced by
- International Style influenced
- SESC Pompéia exemplifies
Sources
- Reyner Banham. The New Brutalism: Ethic or Aesthetic?. Architectural Press, 1966.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Brutalism." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/movement/brutalism/. Accessed July 17, 2026.