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What Is Brutalist Architecture, and Why Is It So Controversial?

Few can agree on whether Brutalist architecture looks nice, but seemingly everyone wants to weigh in on the matter. In 2020, for example, US President Donald Trump targeted Brutalist architecture in ...
Valley Advocate

Brutalism’s legacy looms large: With Trump calling for return to classical federal architecture, concrete campus landmarks highlight beauty, function

Love him or hate him, Donald Trump has a point: brutalism is “unpopular.” Last month the president and former luxury real estate developer issued an executive order calling for future federal ...
Post and Courier

Lowry: Feds right to move on from ugly DC architecture

The brutalist federal buildings that have blighted Washington for decades deserve the same fate as Carthage after the Third Punic War, and the nation's capital is finally beginning to move on from ...
Lawrence Journal-World

Opinion: Get rid of Washington’s brutalist buildings

There’s a reason God created dynamite. The brutalist federal buildings that have blighted Washington, D.C., for decades deserve the same fate as Carthage after the Third Punic War, and the nation’s ...