The library of the University of California, San Diego was designed by Pereira to link brutalism and futurism. The five-story tower appears to simultaneously sit and levitate above the two subterranean floors and outdoor plaza. Special thanks to Rohan G…
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Hügelhaus
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Peace Church (Friedenskirche)
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Strom Thurmond Federal Building and United States Courthouse
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Elicott Complex, University of Buffalo
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Mill Owners Building
The structure is derived from the context: the building is oriented according to the prevailing winds. It overlooks the river and the daily spectacle of people washing clothes, buffaloes, and donkeys while standing in the water. The east and west façad…
Dana Porter Arts Library, University of Waterloo
Shortly after its completion the upper three storey cube was doubled in height, leading to a more monumental character. The funnel-shaped pillars at the bottom frame the façade in a very plastic way.
Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute
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St. Mark’s Church (Markuskirche)
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St James’s Place
At first sight the block does not look particularly brutalist. Banham emphasized the rooftop structure however, “where shutter-patterned concrete has been raised (or debased?) to the level of a fine-art material”.
Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia
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Lake Anne Village Center
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Town Hall
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Brunnmatt School
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Siedlung Halen
The 78 residential units, each only 4 or 5 meters wide, were erected in a section of woods outside Bern that the architects had themselves acquired. The village-like structure and the intelligent design of threshold spaces made a new contribution to den…
Kyoto Hall
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Robarts Research Library
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Huutoniemi Church
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Hunterian Art Gallery & Mackintosh House
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Gelman Library, George Washington University
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