Archives: Brutalisms

Orphanage

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Banco De Crédito Del Perú, Agencia Miraflores

The building’s structure is emphasized by a massive futuristic sculptural base from which vertical elements rise to the top. The glass and exposed concrete design is reminiscent of the Futurist Antonio Sant’Elia.

Kagawa Prefectural Office

This project marked a turn in Japanese post-War architecture in terms of the materials used and the overall direction: The imported International Style is eschewed in favor of a return to the Japanese wood-building tradition, whereby this is executed co…

URA House

With its four pillars centered on the sides instead of the corners, the building pre-empts the structure of Kikutake’s far more famous Sky House by two years. Direct next to it stands an almost identical, albeit later copy of this private house in the…

City Hall

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Stage Center (Mummer’s Theater)

The Mummer’s Theater distinguishes itself from earlier designs from Johansen. While early projects were simpler exposed concrete designs, the architect chose a more unconventional approach here. Not unlike the Smithson’s “as-found” aesthetics, J…

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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
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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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