Though the common modern understanding of it does lend itself to 'brute'. I think one of the real issues was the post WWII era of 1950s to 1980s was a time of focus on low cost construction with an overconfidence in the forgiving nature of concrete combined with a fair amount of corruption in the factory supplied components - at least in the UK which I'm more familiar with.
It can be done well, and I point to the Barbican in London as an example. With better construction techniques it can last a lot longer with less maintenance cost.
To me, this looks more like an East Berlin apartment building for the Communist Party elites. Not as ugly as the workers' buildings, but that's not saying much.
> Brutalism is an architectural style of the 20th century that mainly uses concrete as a building material. The term "brutalism" comes from the French expression "béton brut", which means "raw concrete".
Though the common modern understanding of it does lend itself to 'brute'. I think one of the real issues was the post WWII era of 1950s to 1980s was a time of focus on low cost construction with an overconfidence in the forgiving nature of concrete combined with a fair amount of corruption in the factory supplied components - at least in the UK which I'm more familiar with.
It can be done well, and I point to the Barbican in London as an example. With better construction techniques it can last a lot longer with less maintenance cost.