释义 |
brutalism /ˈbruːt(ə)lɪz(ə)m /noun1 [mass noun] Cruelty and savageness: exchanging one kind of social and economic brutalism for another is not what they had in mind...- It is preferred to say that after communism no one wanted to exchange one brutalism with another one.
- One moment of South American impudence was followed by a piece of South American brutalism.
- But human beings, let alone elephants, find brutalism hard to love.
2A stark style of functionalist architecture, especially of the 1950s and 1960s, characterized by the use of steel and concrete in massive blocks: the long, low, concrete-faced buildings were remarkable solely for their brutalism...- Its architecture was very much of its time; it was not seductive or inviting, but its brutalism was not so fierce as to prevent it becoming an object of local affection.
- They are hideous examples of concrete brutalism, dilapidated and badly-run and best demolished.
- Various departments inhabit a ramshackle collection of buildings up and down Holloway Road, ranging through arts and crafts, neo-Georgian, brutalism and postmodernist junk.
Derivativesbrutalist /ˈbruːt(ə)lɪst / noun & adjective ...- The last time architects took such ‘risks’ in Boston, during the urban renewal era of the early 1960s, the results included the brutalist City Hall - voted regularly by Bostonians as the most hated building in their city.
- He agrees that, aside from their occasional beauty, there is also a compelling, authoritarian power in these brutalist buildings.
- Inside, brutalist walls made of concrete terrazzo effectively highlight the intricate craftsmanship of works ranging from 18 th-century needlework to 19 th-century hand-painted hatboxes.
|