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I've always hated brutalism, but one look at green brutalism, which intersperses brutalist architecture with trees, foliage, plants and overgrowth and I fell in
by michaelchisari 6y ago
I've always hated brutalism, but one look at green brutalism, which intersperses brutalist architecture with trees, foliage, plants and overgrowth and I fell in love.
https://www.google.com/search?q=green+brutalism https://www.google.com/search?q=green+brutalism
The greenery makes it look more like a mountain and less like a building. It tempers the coldness and abstraction of brutalism with the beauty of the natural environment.
- tylerscott 6y agoThank you for providing me the phrase to describe my favorite architecture! TIL
- Nasrudith 6y agoI can't help but think long term it is a ton of added maintenance costs as pretty as it may look in the moment. Ivy clinging to your stucco walls is not a good thing iconic as the look may be.