Archives: Brutalisms

Boston Architectural Center (today Boston Architectural College)

The Boston Architectural Center is Ashley, Myer and Associates’ winning design for an international competition. The ground floor has a public exhibition hall, the McCormick Gallery, which featured the work of Buckminster Fuller in its inaugural exhib…

Gartenstadtkirche

Rall counts among the most prominent German post-war architect for churches. The Gartenstadtkirche follows his typical flavor of a modern design language. The sculpturally treated exposed concrete culminates in a prominent, round bell tower.

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Row Houses Asphof

The main theme of the project is the dialectic of architecture and surroundings. The offset, stepping and overshoot of the six exposed concrete apartment units adapt to the site’s topography, leading to a sculptural overall image. This sculptural trea…

Ottawa Public Library

The library is another example of the controversial reception of Brutalist architecture. On one hand it was named one of Ottawa’s three ugliest buildings, on the other hand it won the Award of Merit from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada…

Maison Jaoul

With the flat exposed concrete arches and the exposed brickwork of the walls, the Maisons Jaoul and Unité d´Habitation  are Le Corbusier’s first béton brut project. Banham and many others believe the houses blazed the trail for brutalism.

Hôtel du Lac

The hotel is supposed to have served as inspiration for the Sandcrawler in Star Wars. A particularly brutalist feature are the starkly protruding stairs at the side.

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