Leaf Review, a magazine circulated amongst senior architects, partners and directors at architecture practices and building contractor firms throughout Europe and beyond through this edition talks about a story on Brutalist architecture, that much loved and loathed architectural ‘movement’ that – for many – had seemingly died in the 1970s. Recently, however, concrete construction, and more specifically the brutalist aesthetic, is enjoying something of a renaissance.
This is evident through both the renovation of landmark projects such as Preston bus station and Queen Elizabeth Hall, and the commissioning of entirely new buildings, from London to Delhi to Beijing.
The interview and article was about designing and constructing the School of Planning and Architecture in Vijayawada and some of the ‘brutalist’ influences involved. Perhaps we the architects of this institution don’t necessarily see it as a brutalist building at all. The article talks about the function of this kind of architecture in the 21st century.
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