Friday, 14 September 2018

Brutalist Car Park - Northampton

I have started taking an interest in Brutalist Architecture. Wikipedia defines this as ...

Brutalist architecture flourished from 1951 to 1975, having descended from the modernist architectural movement of the early 20th century. The term originates from the French word for "raw", as Le Corbusier described his choice of material béton brut, meaning raw concrete in French.Architects Alison and Peter Smithson introduced the term "Brutalism" to the English-speaking world in the 1950s and it became more widely used after British architectural critic Reyner Banham titled his 1966 book, The New Brutalism, using the term "Brutalism" to identify the style.
Not all the photos below show the Brutal Aspect of this car park in Northampton, I was attracted by the colour and abstract design of the building and the patterns that cars make on the surface.
















2 comments:

  1. I like this set, as you can imagine, Barry. There is a very intereresting graphic quality to these.Bravo..

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden with the Camera Club

Saturday 17th Feb 24 - Sue and I met up with other members of the Cambridge Camera Club at the  Cambridge University Botanic Garden .