As one of the most prolific mid-century architects, Louis Kahn is usually not categorized as Brutalist. However many facets of his style, especially his love for exposing the building’s structure and building materials fit squarely into Brutalist conc…
A church above a gas station, rented out by the congregation. Special thanks to Chris Livett
In the 1960s the American firm Johnson Wax, producer of household cleaning supplies, decided to base its first European branch in the town of Mijdrecht in the Netherlands. Dutch architect Huig Maaskant was asked to provide an ‘unusual design’. Maask…
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As one of seven new universities built in the 1960s, the campus outside the town was designed from the bottom up. The ziggurat-like terraces with the student residences are integrated into the topography. Connected to them by a raised footpath, at the b…
The early “collegio del colle” is formed by a central nucleus with collective services, surronded by several groups of small residential cells, lying on a hill near the city of Urbino. Concrete and brick constructive elements are in harmonic…
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The flat building welcomes its visitors with a dramatic, sculptural entrance which is flanked by a slender concrete tower. The surrounding nature permeates the building. The lawn for example is even continued on the roof.
What is especially evident here is the preference of the Brazilian Escola Paulista for having enormous blocks of concrete appear suspended. A practice that is carried to extremes in this cemetery in the neighboring country.
One of the biggest projects by Vann Molyvann: A stadium (84.000–100.000 seats), a sports hall (8000 seats) and a swimming compound (4000 visitors), surrounded by cooling water basins. Special thanks to Claus Donau, Basel.
The vertically shifted cubic volumes create spaces for balconies as well as an interesting interplay between light and shadow. The scheme is reminiscent of Vladimir Bodiansky’s and ATBAT-Afrique’s social housing project in Casablanca.
As one of the most prolific mid-century architects, Louis Kahn is usually not categorized as Brutalist. However many facets of his style, especially his love for exposing the building’s structure and building materials fit squarely into Brutalist conc…
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With a library, a theater hall, a planetarium and many other facilities, the youth center is a multipurpose building of a quite considerable size. A projecting cornice cites the Festival Hall, completed one year earlier. The main section is rendered ent…
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The IIM University Complex was designed by Louis Kahn to be like a small city with streets, houses, and squares. The impressive center court functions as a town square and is used for festive activities. Benches in the openings of the surrounding façad…
The complex is home to a labor office, municipal administration offices and a psychiatric clinic including a chapel. Another wing, as well as a high-rise were never realized. Rudolph references the façade structure of the neighboring Boston City Hall, …