Archives: Brutalisms

Ohgigaoka Campus, Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Phase 1: 1967–1969, In phase 2, completed in 1976, Otani introduced repetitive shallow concrete vaults as a major new design element, which would further dominate the designs of phase 3, completed in 1982. A fourth construction phase, led by Otani a…

St Stephen’s College, Special Room Block

St Stephen’s College is the largest secondary school in Hongkong and dates back to 1903. The Special Room Block was added in 1980 and mostly executed in exposed concrete by the architect Tao Ho from Hongkong. It consists of four building units, in…

Morris A. Mechanic Theater

The theater was completed in 1967 as part of a larger urban renewal program for Baltimore’s downtown district. Although it opened to great fanfare, the theater attendance and programming steadily declined over the years. And, alas, like many brutalist…

Katedrala Sv. Bonaventuri (St. Bonaventure Cathedral)

The initial construction, built 1972-1973, was designed to symbolize a “tent” inhabited by God. Further, the tent-shaped structure takes reference to the region’s earthquake in 1969: it had destroyed the original church and its victims found refug…

Ebertplatz

Levelled park and shopping arcade connecting to the underground station and surrounding pedestrian (South), commercial (North), residential (West) and recreative (East) areas. Special thanks to Tobias Flessenkemper.

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