Associate Professor Mary Lou Lobsinger gave the CBC program Spark a lesson on Brutalist Architecture over the weekend — background for an episode Brutalist web design.

Writes Spark:

It's easy to get frustrated by bloated websites that are slow to load with their big photos that move and take over the screen, JavaScript pop-ups, giant ads, and autoplay videos.

All this has some people longing for a return to old-school websites. And we've been seeing an emerging trend toward stripped down website design.

To listen to Lobsinger’s full interview with host Nora Young, visit the Spark website.

Mary Lou Lobsinger is a historian and teaches the history and theory of architecture and design. Her research focuses on the histories and theories of modern architecture and urbanism with specific expertise in issues around historiography, science, technology, and techniques of articulation. She is currently working on two book projects, the most immediate is titled, Architecture Institution: Media,Techniques,Territories.

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