Auguste Perret (1874 – 1954) was a French architect who specialized in reinforced concrete construction, known as Béton Brut. Meaning ‘raw concrete”, Béton Brut aka Brutalism, is an architectural style that was once much beloved. This was especially true in the postwar age, at a time when world leaders, governments and institutions held high hopes for a better life; rebuilding, aspiring to create more egalitarian societies that were also uniform. And having harnessed the industrial revolution, with the emergence of easy to use building materials, the pragmatic functionality of low-cost, structurally sound pre-cast concrete became a staple for city planning, civic revitalization, architecture. Most all the modernist used it, with Le Courbusier, who had been formerly been employed by Mr. Perret, referring to Béton Brut as his “choice material.” Read More. [1]
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[1] http://centralbranchlibrary.blogspot.com/2009/03/beton-brut-architectural-primer.html