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A newfound enthusiasm for post-war Brutalist architecture, or béton brut ('raw concrete'), is highlighted in this brief overview of buildings around the world.

• An Introduction to Brutalism: The Iconic Postwar Architectural Style That Combined Utopianism and Concrete

https://www.openculture.com/2026/03/an-introduction-to-brutalism.html

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An Introduction to Brutalism: The Iconic Postwar Architectural Style That Combined Utopianism and Concrete

The artificial language of Esperanto was conceived with high ideals in mind. In the eighteen-eighties, its creator L. L.

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Maria Langer | 📝💎🌵🛥️3d ago

@fembot The six dorm towers (the tallest being 14 floors) at Hofstra University are brutalist architecture. I lived in the top floor of one for two years. Interesting rough concrete walls on the inside made by pouring concrete into forms created with vertically oriented two x fours.

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@mlanger Yeah, interesting. I've seen brutalist interiors of that ilk. Looks like the H dorms might still be there? Not sure if the photo I saw was recent. The article mentioned how the post-war college building boom often resorted to brutalism architecture for cost savings. Hofstra might predate that, though.

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Maria Langer | 📝💎🌵🛥️3d ago

@fembot I attended in 1978-1982. I haven’t seen the place lately. They were among the tallest building on Long Island at the time. Great views looking east from my dorm room.