Archives: Brutalisms

Templo de La Dolorosa

The church’s outer shape responds to its mountainous backdrop which includes the Pichincha volcano. The interior is dominated by stark, austere formwork that reflects the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council from the mid 1960s. It was…

Gun House

The appearance of the Gun House has completely changed over time as different tenants altered it to suit their own purposes. Initially it was planned as an office building for the Ahmedabad Rifle Association. The building consists of two separate blocks…

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LTS Patrimonium (today: Cygnus Gymnasium)

This school building, nicknamed “The Ship”, was designed and built as a school for Lower Technical Studies: mechanics, blacksmith, electrician, plumbing etc. It is obviously built after Le Corbusier’s Unité d’Habitation. On the roof there is th…

City Hall

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Luna Hall

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