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Edificio Giraldo

The Edificio Giraldo is a very early example of South American Brutalism. Thin bands of exposed concrete frame larger brick surfaces. The receding and protruding façade elements divide the front into two halves with nine bay windows on the left and lar…

Boston Architectural Center (today Boston Architectural College)

The Boston Architectural Center is Ashley, Myer and Associates’ winning design for an international competition. The ground floor has a public exhibition hall, the McCormick Gallery, which featured the work of Buckminster Fuller in its inaugural exhib…

Gartenstadtkirche

Rall counts among the most prominent German post-war architect for churches. The Gartenstadtkirche follows his typical flavor of a modern design language. The sculpturally treated exposed concrete culminates in a prominent, round bell tower.

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Maison Jaoul

With the flat exposed concrete arches and the exposed brickwork of the walls, the Maisons Jaoul and Unité d´Habitation  are Le Corbusier’s first béton brut project. Banham and many others believe the houses blazed the trail for brutalism.

Brekkugerði 19 House

This private residence is the first project realized by Iceland’s first female architect. After studying at the extremely conservative École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, she took a decidedly Modernist / Brutalist path. Today the bu…

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