Barbican, London, September 2020
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 24 September 2020
Posted as part of Skywatch Friday
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Brutal beauty
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Barbican, London, September 2020
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 24 September 2020
Posted as part of Skywatch Friday
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I do love how people manage to make the most and add a little beauty just in reintroducing nature! (Love the viewpoint)
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I often pop into the Barbican area with my camera but last week I was rushing for a meeting and took this from down below.
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Brutal is right.
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Thanks for the link, I learned something new today. Our local university fits this style.
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Is there an architectural style called the “Brutalists”?
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Yes. Brutalism. We have some great examples of it in the UK. One of the well known examples is the Barbican in London, though actually it isn’t really brutalism. Just hints of it. I’ll add a link for you once I’m back in my laptop.
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Maybe Soviet era architecture could be called Brustalist?
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Absolutely. It was post-war, linked with providing much-needed accommodation, socialism and something of a follow-on from modernism. Its name comes form the French for raw concrete. So whilst the Barbican doesn’t fit the strict definition of brutalism (it is too curvy for one thing) it has plenty of concrete!
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https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Brutalism
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