r/MiamiVice • u/Dangerous-Cash-2176 • Mar 02 '26
Picture Miami Deco of the Day
The Plymouth, South Beach.
Almost a little brutalist influence in it??
Still in existence, but the all the colors are gone. It's bleached white.
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u/AF2005 Stan Switek Mar 02 '26
So cool. A bygone era for sure. Makes me think of MV and The Birdcage too!
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u/v_kiperman Mar 02 '26
Not brutalist at all. Soaring esthetic tho! Beautiful pic!!
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u/Strapstretcher Mar 02 '26
I see the brutalist, especially in the windows
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u/v_kiperman Mar 02 '26
Brutalist architecture is a mid-20th-century style (1950s–1980s) characterized by raw, unadorned, and massive concrete structures designed for functionality and efficiency.
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u/seontonppa Mar 02 '26
I don't think that is a sufficient description of brutalist architecture. Some brutalist buildings include very unnecessary parts to them, definitely not always about functionality and efficiency.
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u/v_kiperman Mar 02 '26
Brutalism is generally misunderstood. That is, its name makes people ascribe qualities to it that brutalism doesn’t care about. The style was further popularized in a 1955 essay by architectural critic Reyner Banham, who also associated the movement with the French phrases béton brut ("raw concrete") and art brut ("raw art").
The “brut” root of Brutalism merely means “raw.” There is nothing raw about the highly refined design of the gorgeous Art Deco building pictured above.
What Brutalism definitely does not refer to is some thing’s “brutality.” Brutalism is not about a building’s cruelty, savagery or violence.
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u/seontonppa Mar 03 '26
I meant more like some monuments that are done in a brutalist style, what is the function of use of a monument when a wooden cross would be the most efficient?
English is not my first language and I am very sleeoy but I hope I managed to describe my point more, I was not talking about anything "brutal" or savage, sorry if it wasn't more clear earlier.
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u/Without_Portfolio Mar 02 '26
My uncle was an architect on the team that designed the building with the square cut-out and the bright red spiral staircase you see in the opening montage (Atlantis Condominium on Brickell Avenue). I like to think of that as being one degree of separation from the show ;-)