Tag: brutalist architecture
Brutalism: how to love a concrete beast
September 17, 2019
No other architectural style elicits emotional reactions like Brutalism. Think monolithic concrete buildings composed of blunt rectangular forms, devoid of colour, decoration or symbolism, with cavernous interiors that complement the exterior’s hulking, inhuman scale. Frequently described as dehumanising, depressing and oppressive, Brutalist buildings feature prominently in “world’s ugliest buildings lists”. Despite this unpopularity, architects, preservationists […]
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IP – an architect’s foundation stone
February 14, 2017
Often overlooked is the fact that many of the ideas of architects are patentable. And with a patent, the architect can obtain an ‘exclusivity’ for a 20-year term. So what sort of ‘architectural’ ideas are patentable?
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