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Peter Chadwick
Author, Graphic Designer & Brutalist enthusiast
Growing up in Middlesbrough during
the 70s, Peter was constantly surrounded
by concrete, industrial landscapes. This sparked a fascination for geometric forms and concrete masses that he later came to know of as Brutalism. Since 2015, he has been sharing his interests in different kinds of Brutalist constructions around the world on Twitter @BrutalHouse and a publication that celebrates the style –’This Brutal World’.
‘Brutalism’ explained
Brutalism is an architectural style that
briefly emerged in the 1950s known to be bold, efficient and cost effective. Brutalist architecture can be characterized by its rigid, blocky structures and large scale use of concrete. This can be best described by the French term – ‘le béton brut’ which translates to ‘raw concrete’.
This term was initially associated with the French architect, Le Corbusier who designed ‘Cite Radieuse’ in Marseilles during the
late 40s. With a lack of resources after the second World War, it wasn’t long before this style was adapted by government projects, universities, car parks and shopping centres across some communist European countries.
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