Archives: Brutalisms

The Dr. Emodi House

The Building features a combination of exposed concrete and granular plaster. The three level interior features a double height dining room and an artist’s studio on the roof.

Marxer Pharmaceutical Laboratory

Alberto Galardi designed this building as four connected volumes, all rendered in exposed concrete. Most notable are the concrete fins which create a grid prepending a glass façade while protecting the interior from the sun. This solution is reminiscen…

Temple de Fontenay

Rising above a square floor plan, this massive exposed concrete structure is shaped like an inverted pyramid stump. Twin concrete slabs perforate the monolithic façades, whose simplicity is counterbalanced with the adjoining relieved, free standing wall.

Orange County Government Center

It is only mentioned briefly in the current Paul Rudolph monograph, but thanks to countless articles on it, among others in the “New York Times”, is among the most discussed brutalist buildings at present. The ignorance shown by the public client an…

Wohnanlage Tapachstraße

Faller + Schröder presented a new archetype of stepped housing complexes in the 1960s and 70s, similar to Neave Brown’s Alexandra and Ainsworth Road Estate. Unlike stepped residential complexes shaped like triangular prisms with steadily decreasi…

Atelier Neuenschwander

The flat building welcomes its visitors with a dramatic, sculptural entrance which is flanked by a slender concrete tower. The surrounding nature permeates the building. The lawn for example is even continued on the roof.

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