Sentences with word «brutalism»

And I am a great lover of Brutalism in architecture and Minimalism in music.

A special focus on works from the Estate of Nigel HENDERSON (1917 - 1985), one of the founders of the Independent Group in 1952, the forerunner to British Pop Art and a key exponent of the New Brutalism style of the late 50s.

This one's gone, even though it was called «one of the best examples of Brutalism in the Washington area,» a prime example of «the use of exposed, unadorned, roughly cast concrete to construct buildings of «stark forms and raw surfaces.»

Indeed, Amazon could almost be thought of as a sort of digital brutalism: it is direct and efficient, with a near - utopian aspiration to meet people's needs in the least fussy way possible.

Meanwhile, Vanya and other sinister high - ups in the Russian Security Services, including Director Zakharov (Ciarán Hinds, «Silence») and General Korchnoi (Jeremy Irons, «The Man Who Knew Infinity»), discuss matters indirectly while sitting in opulent offices that contrast with the stark brutalism of buildings in exterior shots.

In both her 2012 solo show «Beauty in the Beast: Photography of Brutalist Architecture» at the Hera Gallery and in her solo «Brutally Sweet» in Project Space of AS220 in Providence, Viera explored Brutalism's stark geometric sculptural forms and heroic monumentality.

Yet it lends even brutalism a mannered artiness.

While being identifiably rooted in avant - garde tradition — notably inter-war constructivism and sculptural brutalism of the 1950s and»60s — Cincinnati was also undeniably new and distinctively Zaha.

Finding Brutalism at Museum im Bellpark, Kriens, provides an in - depth photographic survey of this influential Post-War architecture.

The «Béton Brut» Paris tour starts with a concrete slab of Cité des 4000, leads through the round towers of Les Choux de Créteil, cité Curial — the largest estate in Paris, leading onto the Orgues de Flandre high - rise towers, and concludes with a classic example of post-war Brutalism, the Centre National de la Danse.

So what is Brutalism exactly?

Record sleeve and tape designs inspired by Brutalism and Sainsbury's branding, by Blank Editions» David Blanco

More Brutalism — moving towards abstraction - and definitely, at long last, a set of Coventry.

After recently discovering and falling in love with Brutalism, he used his first - ever trip to London as an excuse to visit its famed concrete structures.

An individual architectural style based on concrete established itself, so - called brutalism (originating from the French word for exposed concrete: béton brut).

Brutalism Architectural style of the 1950s associated with Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe, in which no attempt is made to disguise the building materials used.

Specifically Brutalism, as its title suggests, is the process of accepting the nature of the materials, to observe in detail and reconsider the urban conditions of human coexistence.

The term Brutalism was in fact coined by the Smithsons in 1953, derived from the french béton brut, a term used by Le Corbusier.

They say brutalism is back (these are not my words but the title of a recent article in New York Times).

The Sao Paulo Museum of Art and Brazilian Museum of Sculpture are some of the landmarks, but you can feel the style of a movement which inspired the name «Brazilian Brutalism» just walking the Avenida Paulista, with its towering buildings more intimidating than New York City's skyscrapers.

An editor of numerous volumes, including a collection of John McHale's writings, The Expendable Reader: Articles on Art, Architecture, Design, and Media, 1951 — 1979, and October 136 on New Brutalism, he is also a frequent contributor to publications including Artforum, May, October, and Texte zur Kunst.

The Historic Preservation Office wants to save it, noting «It is always with reluctance, and fairly rarely, that we recommend a designation over an owner's objection» and call it «one of the best examples of Brutalism in the Washington area,» a prime example of «the use of exposed, unadorned, roughly cast concrete to construct buildings of «stark forms and raw surfaces.»

Still, she was fascinated by the interplay of brutalism and glamour.

Letter from Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin flags memorial's potential «bleakness and brutalism»

On a practical level, the brutalism strategy doesn't even work.

Clare Waight Keller was fascinated by the interplay of brutalism and glamour in a collection that demonstrates she is remaking the house at a rate of knots.

Having recently toured the Southbank Centre as part of a celebration of brutalism I feel especially qualified to say the set design was top - notch; both bleak and beautiful as life in London so often is.

As such, the gameplay strike a balance between the brutalism of Dark Souls with the weighty heft of Dead Rising.

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What do you think of when you hear the architectural term «Brutalism»?

The structure's design bore influences from the sometimes improvisatory architecture Figueroa noted throughout Puerto Rico and also the austere style of Brutalism (Figueroa's space even included a chair designed by Marcel Breuer).

An editor of numerous volumes, including a collection of John McHale's writings, The Expendable Reader: Articles on Art, Architecture, Design, and Media, 1951 - 1979, and October 136 on New Brutalism, he is also a frequent contributor to publications including Artforum, May, October, and Texte zur Kunst.

Brutalism is big news.

Yet despite the work's brutalism, we see the occasional glimpse of a moving person — he never lets us forget about the life behind every window.

Architecture critic Reyner Banham named three characteristics that could define the «New Brutalism» of the mid-century: «1, Memorability as an image; 2, Clear exhibition of structure; and 3, Valuation of materials «as found».»

I'd always had an interest in architecture and a particular love of Brutalism, having been brought up in Coventry.

Opening with an informative history of the origins and philosophy of Brutalism, the book features nine buildings to assemble: Alexandra Road Estate, Alton Estate, Aylesbury Estate, Ledbury Estate, National Theatre, Robin Hood Gardens, Barbican Estate, Balfron Tower and Space House.

Future projects include collaborations with John Maeda and Takenobu Igarashi, a reissue of a bible of Brutalism, a collection of «architectural fictions», and a limited edition on one of videogaming's iconic releases.

«She really is reflecting changes in our bodies,» Pfeffer said, «and her work is so tender on one hand and, on the other hand, often shows a brutalism.

He has edited numerous volumes including a collection of John McHale's writings, The Expendable Reader: Articles on Art, Architecture, Design, and Media, 1951 - 1979, and October 136 on New Brutalism.

Under the title» Spatial Concepts ``, Berlin - born Roth will be showcasing more than 50 works, combining his body of work entitled» Spatial Concepts «(2017 - 2018) with a retrospective of his series» Brutalism «(2016), and» Personal Disclosure «(2014 - 2015).

Solo exhibitions include: «Concrete Movement», Marilia Razuk, São Paulo, Brazil; «Brutalism», Galeria Max Estrella, Madrid, Spain (2014); «The Construction of the Icon», CAAM, Palmas de Gran Canaria (2011) and «Sculptural Potential», Matadero, Madrid, Spain (2009).

He has edited numerous volumes including a collection of John McHale's writings, The Expendable Reader: Articles on Art, Architecture, Design, and Media, 1951 - 1979, which was supported by a grant from the Graham Foundation, and October 136 on New Brutalism.

As he points out: The three stages of the exhibition are city: the first part discusses the architectural thinking of how this fixed ideals and leads citizens to inhabit the city, then» Brutalism» notes the constructive elements to make us think about what architecture is, what it is to be an architect, which is building, and finally, in the final room,» Stability Sea» speaks of the way we live the city as we experience our way through it, like us appropriated.

In Brutalism, the artist raises an uncomfortable as a stimulant, to remove the solid ground under our feet to make us walk on a loose paving stones on the floor of the gallery are actually a metaphor for the unstable city he perceives and intervenes their Metaesquemas: geometric constellations that appear to float in space.

Mid-century Modern painting in oil depicting a cityscape in a very geometric technique associate with cubism and brutalism.

We have noted previously that I.M. Pei's Church of Christ Scientist in Washington is under threat of demolition; Brutalism isn't in style these days and Churches don't have a lot of money, and they want to tear it down.