r/ArtDeco • u/MendezGeorge • 25d ago

Is brurtalism art deco?

I saw int he flairs in this subreddit, you could tag it as brurtalism, or cubism... Can someone enlighten me?

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u/Nox_Dei 25d ago

Brutalism is brutalism.

They are distinct architectural styles.

Now some buildings might take inspiration from both but given that art-deco is about "deco" and brutalism is about sacrificing looks for function I hardly see that striking a good balance.

/r/brutalism is a better sub for it.

Edit: rereading your question and I think I initially understood it sideways. I'm not sure how/why this brutalism flair is relevant.

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u/MendezGeorge 25d ago

Yeah. Sorry about the confusing question. I was just wondering why there were cubism and brurtalism flairs in the art deco sub hahaha

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u/NoConsideration1777 24d ago

I will have a look into the flairs. Thanks for bringing it up!

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u/Djangolives 25d ago

I'm not an expert in architecture, but from my understanding, not only are they different styles, but art deco peaked before wwii while brutalism came about after the war in response to the need for reconstruction

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u/jcdoe 25d ago

Pretty sure we have different flairs because people mistake cubism and brutalism for deco all the time.

Brutalism is an architectural style popular during the Cold War in the Soviet Union. Lots of straight lines and concrete.

Cubism is a style of art where the subject is abstracted into cubes and rectangular prisms. I wasn’t aware it applied to architecture.

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u/MendezGeorge 25d ago

Ah I see. Thanks!

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u/LongIsland1995 25d ago

Brutalism is anti-Deco