Archives: Brutalisms

AfE Tower, Goethe University of Frankfurt

The 116m tall tower is constructed with reinforced concrete at its core and light precast concrete elements for the façade. During its lifetime it won multiple awards and, for a short period of time, was Frankfurt’s tallest highrise as well. Among fu…

Post Office

This building is one of a range of similar post offices in the bavarian countryside (for example in Regen). However this example is still virtually unchanged with the exposed concrete being in remarkable good condition to this day. Notable design featur…

Whitney Museum of Art (today The Met Breuer)

This monumental building is clad in granite, isolating itself from the surrounding city. The exterior is shaped like an inverted ziggurat at the front side with few prominent trapezoid windows. On the inside the exhibits are framed by raw exposed concre…

Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje

After a severe earthquake in 1963 Kenzo Tange drew up the masterplan for the reconstruction of Skopje. The university designed by Muši? is representative of a whole series of striking, brutalist buildings that were realized by architects from the regio…

Casa Corinna

The rigorous, interlocked cubes define the villa outside as well as inside while integrating the building into the Swiss Tessin landscape. The hierarchies between load bearing and infill elements are accentuated by the alternation of exposed concrete an…

Cummings Life Science Center, University of Chicago

This research facilities’ most prominent feature are 40 brick vent towers that can barely be called purely functional. Colburn’s preoccupation with vent towers can also be seen in the adjoining Hendry Hinds Laboratory.

Tara Group Housing

160 apartment units form an introverted complex which is shielded from outside noise by a garden. The coherent appearance results from a consequent use of exposed concrete and brick.

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