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Tuesday, 22 December 2015 10:46

A New Initiative Aims to Save Brutalist Architecture from Demolition

An example of Brutalist architecture in Washington, D.C. An example of Brutalist architecture in Washington, D.C. Flickr

The monolithic concrete that forms some of our most creative 20th-century architectural heritage is in danger of disappearing. Brutalism, that heftily named form of modernism that favors right-angles and a palette with the colors of a storm, is facing demolition and decay around the world, whether the Birmingham Central Library in England demolished this month, or Chicago’s Prentice Women’s Hospital torn down last year.

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