'The Brutalist' is up for 10 Oscars. But real brutalist architecture is seldom celebrated. Here are some local examples in the tristate area.

That said, The Brutalist is a historical fiction drama inspired by the post-war architectural style known as Brutalist architecture, and the way it was inspired and shaped by the Holocaust.

'The Brutalist' is up for 10 Oscars. But real brutalist architecture is seldom celebrated. Here are some local examples in the tristate area.

‘The Brutalist’ uses architecture as a metaphor within a metaphor about trauma and mediocrity. The result is murk.

Central to the plot of the director Brady Corbet’s new drama, “The Brutalist,” is an enormous structure known as the Van Buren Institute.

“The Brutalist” is also an American immigration tale, as well as catnip for anyone with a passing interest in architecture or design.

Many people think brutalist architecture is ugly. Architects make a case for why the buildings shouldn’t be torn down.

Call them monuments, foreign elements, eyesores — Brutalist buildings have become another battleground in President Trump’s culture war.

The Brutalist director Brady Corbet discusses the making of his critically acclaimed film and the big themes contained within it.

President Trump dislikes brutalist architecture, the European-inspired trend that deposited concrete-clad federal buildings across the capital in the 1960s and ’70s.

Brady Corbet's film, which stars Adrien Brody as architect Laszlo Toth, knows well the architecture of compromise.

Many people think brutalist architecture is ugly. Architects make a case for why the buildings shouldn’t be torn down.