Archives: Brutalisms

Bundesschule ADGB (Federal School)

This Bauhaus project is of interest to Brutalism because it leaves the materials visible, thus visualizing the construction itself. In other words, the aesthetic contrasts with the plastered “white boxes” that prevailed at the time. In terms of stri…

Residential Home

An early example of how former staff members of Le Corbusier later designed sculptural concrete buildings. Banham offers a description hinging on an analysis of the Corbusian influences.

Milwaukee County War Memorial

Wolfgang Pehnt cited the Milwaukee County War Memorial in his essay “Was ist Brutalismus?” (“What is Brutalism?”) from 1960 as an example for the global spread of Brutalism. The building separates three functions in three spaces: A platform, hou…

Jakobsgut Settlement

The exposed concrete is treated in an extremely sculptural fashion, as is often the case in Otto Glaus‘ designs. Receeding, protruding and interlocking elements define the façade’s vivid character that is continued on the inside. The roof is finish…

Casa Waldo Perseu

This villa is remarkable for ist combination of raw materials. Heavy concrete and brick surfaces are counterbalanced by large glass panels, forming an angular overall composition. Adjacent polygonal volumes create an impression of dynamic restlessness.

Mourning Hall, Central Cemetery Freigrafendamm

The solitary sculptural mourning hall sets itself apart from the adjoining buildings. Comparatively thin pillars stem a monumental, star shaped roof construction made of corrugated concrete.

Katharinen High School

The polygonal building is located at the edge of the historic city center of Ingolstadt. With its Brutalist design language it complements the Stadttheater, designed by Hämer a few years before, aesthetically as well as conceptually.

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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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