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> The term brutalism is derived from the French betón brut it's "béton", not "betón". And I'm pretty sure the term comes from the word "brutal" because the sty
by nostalgeek 8y ago
> The term brutalism is derived from the French betón brut
it's "béton", not "betón". And I'm pretty sure the term comes from the word "brutal" because the style was deemed as such, figuratively, and not the use of concrete "brut", which makes no sense to begin with as buildings would be built with "béton armé" or "béton fibré".
- srtjstjsj 8y ago"béton armé" or "béton fibré" refer to the inside of the concret. "Béton_brut" referes tothe surface A concrete building can be both "brut" and "armé" at the same time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9ton_brut https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9ton_brut