In Celebration of Concrete

A friendly place to discover and appreciate brutalist buildings and architecture. Share photos, read articles, and discuss.

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New here?

• What is Brutalism?
• Brutalism on Wikipedia
• How to detect a brutalist building (chart)

Rules / Guidelines

• Please be polite; remember reddiquette
• A high-quality post will provide the name of the building, what organization it belongs to (or what purpose it serves), where it is, and when it opened. Ideally, please also list the architect(s). Titles should be simple, descriptive, and free of extraneous commentary.
• If you took the photo yourself, put "[OC]" in the title (original content) and you will be given special flair.
• Not all buildings exhibiting an exposed concrete exterior can be considered Brutalist, and may belong to one of a range of architectural styles including Constructivism, International Style, Expressionism, Postmodernism, and Deconstructivism.
• 'Brutalism' does not mean 'brutal'. 'Brut' means 'raw' (from the French), referring to raw concrete.
• Any rude, off-topic, or low-quality posts / comments / bots will be removed at the mods' discretion
• No memes, reposts under 6 months, or URL shorteners (bitly, owly, etc.)
• Please report anything that violates any of the above

Anything I can do?

• Check out #SOSBrutalism, a growing database of 700+ brutalist buildings and a campaign to save our beloved concrete monsters

More architecture appreciation

• /r/ModernistArchitecture
• /r/evilbuildings
• /r/ArchitecturePorn
• /r/skyscrapers
• /r/brick_expressionism