Year: 1947
Baker House Dormitory, Massachussets Institute of Technology (MIT)
Here, Aalto celebrates brick as a construction material – both on the outside and on the inside. The ground plan and the volume express massive solidity in a manner that flies in the face of the dematerializing tendencies of the International Style.
Unité d’Habitation
The Unité is generally considered the most important role model for the young brutalists. The term béton brut comes from Corbusier’s description of the building. Especially striking and innovative: the use of sculptural exposed concrete that had bee…