In June 1956, three recently graduated West Australian architects penned an editorial for the local institute chapter journal in which they outlined their own interpretation of the New Brutalism. Drawing on the recent writings of Alison and Peter Smithson, and Theo Crosby, the editorial framed New Brutalism as a practical ideology which offered an alternative to the conservative and stagnating profession that they saw around them. This article follows the dispersion of the New Brutalist message from its origins within a tight-knit group in London through to Western Australia. It examines the key influences and experiences of those travelling graduates which facilitated its dissemination through established imperial networks, and the influence that the term had on architectural culture in Perth. Drawing primarily on textual analysis and private archival material, the article examines a range of publications, buildings, and performances in Western Australia that were affected by the movement. Significantly, it reveals the existence of another New Brutalism — one that was adopted in the first instance as an ethical proposition which provided a group of young architects with the tools to both confront and engage with the realities of practice in the postwar period.

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野蛮的开端：1950 年代的新野蛮主义和西澳大利亚

1956 年 6 月，三位刚毕业的西澳大利亚建筑师为当地学院分会期刊撰写了一篇社论，其中概述了他们对新粗野主义的解释。该社论借鉴了艾莉森和彼得史密森以及西奥克罗斯比最近的著作，将新粗野主义视为一种实用的意识形态，为他们在他们周围看到的保守和停滞不前的职业提供了另一种选择。这篇文章讲述了新粗野主义信息的传播，从它起源于伦敦的一个紧密组织到西澳大利亚。它考察了那些通过已建立的帝国网络促进其传播的旅行毕业生的关键影响和经历，以及该术语对珀斯建筑文化的影响。本文主要利用文本分析和私人档案材料，考察了西澳大利亚受该运动影响的一系列出版物、建筑和表演。重要的是，它揭示了另一种新粗野主义的存在——它最初作为一种伦理命题被采纳，为一群年轻的建筑师提供了面对战后实践现实并参与其中的工具。