Brutalist architecture
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Brutalist architecture is an architectural style that emerged during the 1950s in the United Kingdom, among the reconstruction projects of the post-war era. Brutalist buildings are known for minimalis
The National Theatre, South Bank, London
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Alexandra Road Estate
Villa Göth (1950) in Kåbo, Uppsala, Sweden. "New Brutalism" was used for the first time to describe this house.
Boston City Hall
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Boston City Hall is the seat of city government of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Surrounded by City Hall Plaza in the Government Center section of Downtown Boston, it includes the offices of t
Brutalist architecture
…is the exposure of the building's inner-workings—ranging from their structure and services to their human use—in the exterior of the building. In the Boston City Hall, designed in 1962, the strikingly different and projected portions of the building indicate the special nature of the rooms behind those walls, such…
The building in 2025
The future site of City Hall, showing Brattle Street, Cornhill, and a small portion of Faneuil Hall in the background, c. 1920
Governor Chub Peabody and Mayor John F. Collins at the building's groundbreaking
City Hall construction, c. 1960s