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Boston City Hall is the seat of city government of Boston, Massachusetts. It includes the offices of the mayor of Boston and the Boston City Council. The current hall was built in 1968 to assume the functions of the Old City Hall. It is a controversial and prominent example of Brutalist architecture, part of the modernist movement.
Completed in 1968 by Kallmann, McKinnell, and Knowles, Boston City Hall is a leading example of brutalist architecture in America. Its intricate structure features concrete inside and out,...
14. Nov. 2018 · "Boston City Hall is something like the Taj Mahal of brutalism." Torkar said that City Hall might be the single most influential building of the entire movement. "Boston City Hall in particular established a whole new building archetype," he said. In fact, buildings modeled on it — or close replicas of it — increased throughout ...
- Edgar B. Herwick III
25. Juli 2018 · The brutalist concrete building and its plaza have many critics. But its creators had their reasons. Boston City Hall Plaza. John Tlumacki / The Boston Globe, File. By Nik DeCosta-Klipa....
5. März 2024 · March 5, 2024. The Boston City Hall — the notorious Brutalist landmark of the city — has faced substantial backlash, criticism, and ridicule over the decades. Unfortunately, it was recently...
15. Juni 2023 · Boston City Hall, an icon of 1960s Brutalist architecture, is now 55 years old and in need of a slew of repairs. The city is pouring a lot of money into fixing its aging insides — nearly...
12. Jan. 2024 · While popular opinion does not always look favorably on the building, Boston City Hall is architecturally significant as a bold example of Brutalist architecture in a period when steel and glass structures were becoming the standard.
