Professor Musselman ENGW3314 U4D2 This video takes a look at the history and development of Brutalism, an architectural style which focused on exposing unfinished surfaces to create grungy, rough-looking buildings. If you're cramming for your next history or architecture test, check it out, it just might help you get that A!

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1. He basically inadvertently designed every ghetto that i know
2. The building shown at @3:36 is a bit misleading. It's not an example of Brutalism, it's just unfinished. The finished building is actually clad in glass (just in case you don't know what it is, it's the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea). Great video though, some good examples of the Brutalist period.
3. most of these architects were never exposed to neo classical beauty....or the mathamatics of its form...(fibinaci).....and as the gods of the era......"the bauhaus" and bat blind le corbusier dictated....."form follows function".....a lot of the war time bldg's were fero-concrete for defense....(bunker style is back in now due to car bombs) but Gaudi's input made these archtects go all "dali-esque".....hence the practice of building from models of bldg's became a contest for idiot award winning......and since the pyramid house price racket is causing homlessness.....and tradsmen are in decline.....prefab is all thats left.......unless governments controlling technical colledges re think their privitization selloff scam...........pre fab is the enevitable result...and as the cheapest quote wins............polished turds by any other name.....will still be polished turds.
4. I absolutely love Brutalist Architecture. Come to York university and check out our ross building
5. Brutalism is my favorite architecture, if done in the right way like that pyramid and other buildings simply using space, light, and the strength and power of Concrete, built with its sole purpose of being utilitarian not artistic.
6. Extremely concise and informative video, mon ami. Very well done. And a nice radio friendly voice never hurts as well.
7. The research behind this video is great, and the content itself is very informative. My only issues are the narrator's tone (it's sounds like Sir mix a lot's intro) and the amount of hashtags - who needs this if they're not real hyperlinks?. I'm not trying to be mean - I subscribed and want to help this channel grow with some constructive criticism.
8. Nice video. I don't quite know why, but I love brutalist architecture. There are only touches of it here in Mississippi, but I always find myself stopping to admire it where I can.
9. So basically big, blocky, concrete and steel buildings (mostly concrete).
10. Don't know a lot about architecture but being around certain environments resonate the emotions of the people around them. In that respect these buildings succeed in snuffing out any hopeful and positive thoughts.
11. THEY ARE CALLED AT-ATs!!!!!!!!!!!!!
12. there's something really comforting to me about the bleak, cold, and utilitarian design of these buildings, don't know why
13. hahahah yaaaass
14. 3:22 , 2:36 and 1:50 are awesome.
15. This is crap, reasoning behind the style is completely fabricated.
16. Just found out that this kind of structures are called Brutalist buildings / term Brutalism and it's fucking awesome. I've always wondered what they were called but never thought to do research and ask. It gave me the feel of futuristic / post-apocalyptic kind of way. Explains a lot since it started after WW2. Also, if you haven't watched the movie High Rise, give it a try. The main building there reminds me of this type of buildings. Nice explanation too, coming from a normal guy like me. Thanks.
17. Nice piece but a few errors. The Chrysler building is described as Modernist when it is actually Art deco. This is a confusion people often make, although there is some cross over in aesthetics between modernism and art deco their ideology is diametrically opposed. Art Deco was all about decoration and the facade, art deco buildings are full of bling and fake details, pillars are painted to mimic marble, sheets of shiny metal are added to cover the structure etc. Contrast this with the modernist approach whereby the structure is revealed and materials are allowed to be themselves, the Modernist mantra was "form follows function" rather than form follows decoration.
18. thanks for this entertaining explanation #thatsdeepman haha
19. if i had the power, i would tare down all those ugly un unified, unsymmetrical , unbalanced, ugly reminder of communistic architecture with no taste and finesse.
20. Not sure how much I like it, but I like it more than basic "normal" boring buildings