Brutalism

Is This London Project a Landmark, or Blight?

Robin Hood Gardens is a 70s era, Brutalist public housing complex. Preservationists say it is historic; the government wants to tear it down. Reporter Nicolai Ouroussoff pays the project a visit to determine for himself.
20 March 2009 - 11:00am
The New York Times

Preserving Brutalism

At Yale, a modernist landmark is preserved and revitalized. Ada Louise Huxtable looks at the challenges in updating the harshness of brutalist architecture.
27 February 2009 - 2:00pm
The Wall St. Journal

Can Brutalism Clash with Religious Exercise?

A Washington, D.C. church contends that its current facility, a historic Brutalist buildling, interferes with its theology and should be able to replace it with something more "welcoming" and fitting with "the scale of the community."
14 January 2009 - 12:00pm
The Christian Science Monitor

Is Brutalism Ready for a Comeback?

Steve Rose argues that the time may be ripe for a new respect for brutalism, the mid-century architectural movement that planners love to hate.
26 June 2008 - 12:00pm
Art and Architecture
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