[Reyner Banham's The New Brutalism]

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ABSTRACT

This study would help in defining the main aim of Reyner Banham's essay “The New-brutalism - Ethic or Aesthetic” and to explain what he meant by the subtitle Ethic or Aesthetic. This study would also help in differentiating the building of “Yale Center for British Art” with other Architectures. The rationale behind conducting this research is give a detailed description of brutalism with the help of small case study on the “Yale Center for British Art” building, proving it to as the brutalism building. The term “New-brutalism,” itself has received several applications and has failed, thus far, to become conclusively associated with one or another aspect of modern architecture. A case study is an in depth study of a particular situation rather than a sweeping statistical survey. It is a method used to narrow down a very broad field of research into one easily researchable topic. The Yale Center for British Art which was constructed by the wealthy Mellon family an architectural milestone and one of the greatest British artwork from the 16th century to present. The novel ideas and notions, and a new sense of design philosophy fused successfully after World War II and owes its development to the reconstruction of the organizational field that had been produced in Continental Europe during the 1920s under the influence of American engineering and scientific management.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABSTRACTIV

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

Background of the research1

Problem Statement3

Rationale3

Aims and Objectives4

Significance4

Research Question4

Limitation of the Study4

Ethical Concerns5

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW7

Criticism and reception12

Case Study15

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY17

CHAPTER 4: DATA ANALYSIS19

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION25

Modern Architects Modern Architects28

REFERENCES30

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Background of the research

The term architecture is open to various interpretations. There has been much evolution in this respective field, yet architects need to establish an aesthetic sense and need to realize that buildings also stand for overt or covert philosophies that they might be having. It has always been a fact that structures have stood for the prevalent ideologies, notions and philosophies of the times they are constructed in. be it formalism, brutalism, functionalism atc. And the trend continues in our post-modern era as well. (David 1991411)

We must also keep in mind the common structures from out vintage past, as they not only are historical landmarks, but also are reflective of the prevalent philosophies at that time.. Very little is known about the architecture of the 1950 and 1960. Most of the recent discourse on architecture in the digital age is manisfested in the famous works by the Independent Group of London - especially in ...