Archinect - News2024-12-23T22:15:28-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/141894387/new-movement-urges-to-call-brutalism-heroic-instead
New movement urges to call Brutalism 'Heroic' instead Alexander Walter2015-11-25T12:17:00-05:00>2024-12-09T16:31:09-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9e/9eda75057565e1ff2eb87acc1562d953?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>There’s the legacy of Brutalism being such a negative term. It begins the conversation with negativity about these buildings, and this falls into the misreading of them as harsh, Stalinist, or some other kind of monstrous, mean architecture. The name plays into that mischaracterization that’s grown around a lot of them. I think “Heroic’” is a better title for what their actual aspirations were. The architects had a real sense of optimism. They were developing architecture for the civic realm.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Related news on Archinect:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/134282068/brutalism-the-great-architectural-polarizer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brutalism: the great architectural polarizer</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/132873614/art-college-professor-suggests-makeover-for-brutalist-boston-city-hall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Art college professor suggests makeover for brutalist Boston City Hall</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/119441450/future-of-paul-rudolph-s-brutalist-orange-county-building-still-uncertain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Future of Paul Rudolph's brutalist Orange County building still uncertain</a></li></ul>