Tuesday, 27 January 2015

1950s architects

le corbusier  notre dame du haut
Le Corbusier was a Swiss modernist architect whose Unite d’Habitation in Marseilles used raw concrete and is seen as an early example of Brutalism. He was a major influence on many of the architects that helped define the brutalist movement

Sir Basil Spence Coventry cathedral
Sir Basil Spence was a Scottish architect whose later work was categorised as Brutalist when he shifted to making social housing in the late 1950s. He is perhaps best known for Coventry Cathedral.



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