You have walked by dozens of them before, unaware of their towering presence. Their gaze set, as millions scuttle around you. Maybe you know a person who lives in one, or someone who works in the field and cannot stop pointing out the popular ones.  

 

Buildings such as the Barbican Centre, Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre or Centre Point became functional between the 1950s and ’70s. Yet, looking at them today invokes the words “raw” or “unfinished“. “Monolithic” and “blocky” are others.

 

Have you stopped to look at London’s Brutalist architecture? 

 

And when you look, what do you see?