The history of Brutalism, from Le Corbusier’s Unité d’Habitation in post-war Marseille to the demolition of Robin Hood Gardens and the movement’s unlikely revival on Instagram and at the Oscars.

This video covers the origins of béton brut, the Smithsons and Reyner Banham’s intellectual framework, Habitat 67, Boston City Hall, Denys Lasdun’s National Theatre, Ernő Goldfinger’s Balfron and Trellick Towers, the Barbican Estate, the political forces that turned Britain against concrete, the preservation battle over Robin Hood Gardens, and the 21st-century reassessment that turned the world’s most hated buildings into heritage sites, million-pound flats, and Oscar-winning cinema.

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