Brutalist Style

Posted by Mark on Jan 28, 2012 | 12 Comments

For the new Google+ theme of #SAturdayStyle curated by +lynn langmade and +lane langmade who I have a sneaky suspicion may be related to one another. You can read more about the theme's rules here – https://plus.google.com/113973458554656282296/posts/JX6rbasjLsH – but in a nutshell it's a theme that exposes style of some description; art, fashion, design, architecture, etc.

I've gone with architecture for the inaugural post in this theme. This is a reworking in my own particular style of a photo I took almost a year ago in Wakefield, Yorkshire, and features my second favourite style of architecture, brutalism (my favourite being art deco like just about anyone with taste). From the 1950s to the 1970s brutalist architecture embraced the wonderful ideal of casting concrete into moulds to create repetitive, geometric buildings or, if you prefer, works of art (which, admittedly, some people think are gruesome but there's no accounting for taste).

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12 Comments

Jan28

Annette Junge Daugaard

++++++++++++

Jan28

Benedict Chui

Very nice work Mark! )

Jan28

lynn langmade

+Mark Hooper wow, just wow. Just a massive shot and a perfect inaugural post. The best line in this post is "(my favorite being art deco like just about anyone with taste.)" You manged to crack me up as well as really talk about a unique architectural style. Love Brutalism! (Oh yes, and we're twins

Jan28

Frederico Vicente

Really like the perspective a editing of this shot!

Jan28

Mark Hooper

Thank you +Annette Junge Daugaard, +Benedict Chui, +lynn langmade, and +Frederico Vicente for the comments; thanks +Nick Lewis for the share; thanks everyone for the +1s.

Jan28

Doug DeTraz

Great write-up & photo, Mark. This is a severe shot! The colors & clouds really fit the structure. Well done, bro!

Jan29

Shawn McClure

Fantastic image, Mark! ( Kudos to +lynn langmade for the share! I added Mark to my circles. )

Jan29

lynn langmade

+Shawn McClure awesome . . . you won't be sorry

Jan29

Mark Hooper

+Doug DeTraz +Shawn McClure, thank you. +lynn langmade thank you for the share and nice write-up.

Jan29

Takahiro Yanai

superb cool !!

Jan29

Jo Garrett

the processing and those ominous clouds go well with the style

Jan30

walt sprinkle

Killer shot, perfectly embodies your point, very brutal looking with the awesome lighting !

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