Archives: Brutalisms

University of Zambia

The campus runs along a central axis, which divides the complex into faculties and housing areas. The structure allows cross-wise expansions or lengthwise addition of new institutes or other facilities. Typical for the 1960s is the attempt to separate s…

Eros House

An office block with a strongly modelled façade of concrete and glass, fronted by a separate stair and lift tower with the building’s entrance at its base. The first floor level is a parking deck with a ramp at the rear, and underneath this at …

Anhembi Tênis Clube

Along with FAU and the Jóquei Clube another example of Artigas’ special liking  of geometric sculptural load-bearing structures and massive roof timbers.

Ungers Residence and Office Building

The first in a series of three buildings, each intended as a manifesto, that O.M. Ungers designed for his family (and in this case for his company, too). It sparked a debate in Germany: Ungers was accused of creating a house that was too “Expressionis…

The Egg

20 years after Breuer’s Begrisch Hall the basic idea is repeated as an egg-shaped version in Albany.

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To represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. 261 ii
To exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design. 480 iii
To bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared. 514 iv
To be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history. 642 ix
To be outstanding examples representing significant on-going ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals. 137 v
To be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change. 172 vi
To be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (The Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria). 256 vii
To contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. 151 viii
To be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth's history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features. 98 x
To contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation. 168

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