Editing Brutalist architecture (section)

== In the 21st century ==
[[File:Preston bus station 232-26.jpg|thumb|After two unsuccessful proposals to demolish [[Preston bus station]] (1969, Lancashire, UK), it gained [[Listed building#Categories of listed building|Grade II]] listed building status in September 2013.]]

Although the Brutalist movement was largely over by the late 1970s and early 1980s, having largely given way to [[High-tech architecture|Structural Expressionism]] and [[Deconstructivism]], it has experienced a resurgence of interest since 2015 with the publication of a variety of guides and books, including ''Brutal London'' (Zupagrafika, 2015), ''Brutalist London Map'' (2015), ''This Brutal World'' (2016), ''SOS Brutalism: A Global Survey'' (2017), and the lavish ''Atlas of Brutalist Architecture'' (Phaidon, 2018).

Many of the defining aspects of the style have been softened in newer buildings, with concrete façades often being [[Abrasive blasting|sandblasted]] to create a stone-like surface, covered in [[stucco]], or composed of patterned, precast elements. These elements are also found in renovations of older Brutalist buildings, such as the redevelopment of [[Park Hill, Sheffield|Sheffield's Park Hill]].<!-- Cladding of the exterior may be undertaken in part to improve the neighbours' view, and cladding itself may bring fire risks; this is widely seen to be one of the causes of the 2017 [[Grenfell Tower fire]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Griffin|first1=Andrew|title=Grenfell Tower cladding that may have led to fire was chosen to improve appearance of Kensington block of flats|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/grenfell-tower-cladding-fire-cause-improve-kensington-block-flats-appearance-blaze-24-storey-west-a7789951.html|access-date=20 June 2017|newspaper=The Independent|date=14 June 2017}}</ref> <<Probably out of the scope of this article? --> However, board-marked concrete in the brutalist tradition is still used in some developments, such as the neobrutalist Silberrad Student Centre and library extension at the University of Essex, designed to be sympathetic to the existing 1960s brutalist campus buildings and taking "the opportunity to use in-situ brutalist concrete as a sensitive contextual material".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.concretecentre.com/Case-Studies/The-University-of-Essex-Silberrad-Student-Centre.aspx|title= The University of Essex - Silberrad Student Centre and Library Extension|website=The Concrete Centre|access-date=27 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ajbuildingslibrary.co.uk/projects/display/id/7888|website=AJ Buildings Library|title=Silberrad Student Centre, University of Essex|access-date=27 February 2025}}</ref>

[[File:Silberrad student centre.jpg|thumb|The neobrutalist Silberrad Student Centre (2015) at the University of Essex]]
[[Villa Göth]] was listed as historically significant by the Uppsala county administrative board on 3 March 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lansstyrelsen.se/uppsala/besoksmal/kulturmiljoer/byggnadsminnen/villa-goth.html|title=Villa Göth|website=www.lansstyrelsen.se|language=sv|access-date=2020-04-23}}</ref> Several brutalist buildings in the United Kingdom have been granted [[Listed Building|listed]] status as historic, and others, such as [[Gillespie, Kidd & Coia]]'s [[St Peter's Seminary, Cardross|St. Peter's Seminary]], named by ''[[Urban Realm|Prospect]]'' magazine's survey of architects as Scotland's greatest post-war building, have been the subject of conservation campaigns. Similar buildings in the United States have been recognized, such as the [[Pirelli Tire Building]] in New Haven's Long Wharf.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newhavenmodern.org/system/dragonfly/production/2014/01/16/5yl3lsp3d9_SRN_NewHaven_Sargent_500.pdf|title=Historical Resources Inventory: Buildings and Structures: The Pirelli Building, New Haven|publisher=Connecticut Historical Commission|access-date=24 September 2019}}</ref> The [[Twentieth Century Society]] has unsuccessfully campaigned against the demolition of British buildings such as the [[Tricorn Centre]] and [[Trinity Square, Gateshead|Trinity Square multi-storey car park]], made famous by its prominent role in the film ''[[Get Carter]]'', but successfully in the case of [[Preston bus station]] garage, London's [[Hayward Gallery]], and others.

Notable buildings that have been demolished include the Smithsons' [[Robin Hood Gardens]] (2017) in [[East London]], [[John Madin]]'s [[Birmingham Central Library]] (2016), Marcel Breuer's [[American Press Institute]] Building in [[Reston, Virginia]], [[Araldo Cossutta]]'s [[Third Church of Christ, Scientist (Washington, D.C.)|Third Church of Christ, Scientist]] in Washington, D.C. (2014), and the [[Welbeck Street car park]] in London (2019).{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}