Year: 1974

Ayala Museum

The Ayala Museum is another example of the bad reputation of Brutalism. It has been demolished in 2001 to be rebuilt by the same architect. The new building however follows a very different design language. The original sculptural, interlocked, puristic…

Volksschule Dopschstraße

The school with its exposed concrete facade and terraces follows the concept of a residence building—the planners wanted to keep the use flexible for the future, when they expected to have less children and no more need for this school in the developm…

Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje

After a severe earthquake in 1963 Kenzo Tange drew up the masterplan for the reconstruction of Skopje. The university designed by Muši? is representative of a whole series of striking, brutalist buildings that were realized by architects from the regio…

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