Brutalism and Social Housing: Utopia, Failure, and Legacy

“Less is boring” Robert Venturi Few architectural projects capture the promise and pitfalls of Brutalism as vividly as Robin Hood Gardens in East London. Designed by Alison and Peter Smithson in the early 1970s, it was conceived as a social experiment: vast concrete blocks connected by “streets in the sky” and centred around a greenContinueContinue reading “Brutalism and Social Housing: Utopia, Failure, and Legacy”