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Baring It All: Brutalist Architecture in India

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What is Brutalist Architecture? Brutalist architecture is an architectural style that first became prominent in the United Kingdom after World War II. As the name suggests, brutalist architecture aims at celebrating and exposing the “brutal” truth of the buildings. It was a significant part of the modernist movement. This style of architecture preferred the ethics […]

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A Comeback of the Architectural Style known as Brutalist Architecture

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“Brutalist architecture was Modernism\’s angry underside, and was never, much as some would rather it were, a mere aesthetic style. It was a political aesthetic, an attitude, a weapon, dedicated to the precept that nothing was too good for ordinary people. Now, after decades of neglect, it is divided between \’eyesores\’ and \’icons\’; fine for

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