Archives: Brutalisms

State Government Offices

In the latter days of brutalism, the basic idea of the inverted pyramid taking its cue from La Tourette went through ever more versions. At the same time, gradually the size of windows increased, as with the Geisel Library.

House of Soviets, Tula

True to its representative purpose the House of Soviets monumentally rises behind the cities Lenin memorial. Using concrete and glass, Classical monumentality is being rendered in a Brutalist way, reviving the then already obsolete era of Stalinist Sovi…

Creina Hotel

For this hotel, Ravnikar plays with sculptural contrasts. The massive cantilevered structural elements rendered in exposed concrete are evocative of the machine aesthetics of Brutalist megastructures. On the other hand the detailed decorative treatment …

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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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