Year: 1966

The Egg

20 years after Breuer’s Begrisch Hall the basic idea is repeated as an egg-shaped version in Albany.

Jakobsgut Settlement

The exposed concrete is treated in an extremely sculptural fashion, as is often the case in Otto Glaus‘ designs. Receeding, protruding and interlocking elements define the façade’s vivid character that is continued on the inside. The roof is finish…

Terrassenhaussiedlung

The Terassenhaussiedlung was a participative project: future residents were involved in the planning process. It consists of 522 flats in four blocks with 24 different typologies (stepped, maisonettes, ateliers, attics…). Every flat has a private ou…

Housing Complex Moll (Wohnanlage Moll)

Ackermann’s concept differs from the neighboring perimeter developments by removing the houses from the main street. By continuously offsetting multiple smaller exposed concrete volumes the four to eight story exposed concrete buildings create a dynam…

Vilas Communication Hall, University of Wisconsin

Like the adjacent Mosse Humanities Building, which is connected with a footbridge, the Vilas Communication Hall follows a Brutalist design language as well. However, here it is executed in a more monumental way. Multiple interjoined volumes form a vigor…

Josef und Eva Hellenthal Residence

The house is reminiscent of early projects from Le Corbusier or Giuseppe Terragni. However Lüth omits the white plaster for raw exposed concrete.

Theater Winterthur

Although it is lead plated outside, the building shares many formal characteristics with Brutalism, which makes it a bit of an edge case. The interior is dominated by a mix of ceilings rendered high-tech aesthetics and stark exposed concrete. After an o…

Templo de La Dolorosa

The church’s outer shape responds to its mountainous backdrop which includes the Pichincha volcano. The interior is dominated by stark, austere formwork that reflects the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council from the mid 1960s. It was…

Villa Delin

Designed by the centenarian architect Léonie Geisendorf, who studied under Le Corbusier, Villa Delin hides a surprisingly airy, Scandinavian dwelling behind its Brutalist exterior. Large glass windows enable views over the lake. It is surrounded by a …

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