brutalism

brutalism · noun¹

From brutal + -ism.

Brutalism · noun²

1. French · derived frombéton brut“raw concrete”
2. Swedish · derived fromnybrutalism“New Brutalism”
3. English todayBrutalism

From brutal + -ism. Popularized in 1954 by the English architects Alison and Peter Smithson, from earlier Swedish nybrutalism (“New Brutalism”), after French béton brut (“raw concrete”), the material favored by Le Corbusier.