Brutalism
Brutalism is 1950s and '60s architectural style characterised by simple, block-like forms and raw concrete construction. Explore how brutalism impacts modern design.
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Marcel Breuer’s icon of brutalist architecture in Connecticut is reimagined as a hotel
Marcel Breuer's Armstrong Rubber Building, aka the Pirelli Tire Building, is being transformed into a hotel by architect and developer Bruce Redman Becker
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Kam Bava breathes new life into the Barbican sunken bars
We visit the restoration and interiors refresh of the Barbican sunken bars by London architect Kam Bava
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Artist Carsten Höller's new restaurant makes Brutalism edible
Brutalisten is a new Stockholm restaurant with a menu inspired by the bold simplicity of Brutalism
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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London's brutalist Thamesmead estate is on the brink of renewal
Ahead of Peabody's significant regeneration of south east London's Thamesmead area, take an architectural and photographic tour of its past
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Brutal beauty: Mexico’s leading creative couple cement their passion for concrete
By Emma O'Kelly Last updated
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Concrete brutalism transforms Melbourne family home
The concrete brutalism of Colonnade House by Splinter Society makes for a warm, minimalist Australian home
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Building muscle: London architecture walks and runs
Try these London architecture walks and runs for some physical and intellectual edification
By Simon Mills Last updated
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Concrete celebration: exploring brutalism through the lens of Simon Phipps
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Grand designs: Block9's gargantuan builds take Glastonbury
By Sam Rogers Last updated
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Beautiful brutalism: Barbican’s Blake Tower debuts its first show apartment
Conran & Partners pair 'warm and soft' interiors with brutalist architecture in the Blake Tower's first show apartment
By Ali Morris Last updated
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Centre Point’s amenities by Conran and Partners unveiled
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Brutalist icon Preston Bus Station gets facelift by John Puttick Associates
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Raw Concrete: Barnabas Calder explores the beauty of Brutalism
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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In memoriam: Michael McKinnell (1935 – 2020)
Co-designer of the famous Brutalist landmark, Boston City Hall, and co-founder of Kallmann McKinnell & Wood Michael McKinnell, has died aged 84 in Rockport, Massachussetts
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Louis Kahn’s renovated Yale Center for British Art unveiled
By Sam Lubell Last updated
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Revisiting the concrete architecture of Belgian icon Juliaan Lampens
Once the lonely passion of a few devotees, the concrete architecture of Belgian architect Juliaan Lampens is a revelation; just don't call him a brutalist
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Brutalist flying saucer reopens in Sharjah
One of the country's architecture landmarks, the Flying Saucer, has been given a new lease of life, via a renovation courtesy of the Sharjah Art Foundation and architect Mona El Mousfy of SpaceContinuum Design Studio
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Architectural map of Montreal unfolds Canadian concrete feats
Blue Crow Media continues its celebration of concrete architecture worldwide with its latest photographic map, Concrete Montreal Map / Carte Montréal Béton
By Luke Halls Last updated
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Brutal utopias: the National Trust launches a new tour series
The National Trust launches a new tour series
By Clare Dowdy Last updated
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Tate Britain celebrates the short but seismic age of New Brutalism
By Nick Compton Last updated
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Double bill: Patel Taylor complete two new projects for Essex University
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Corking: Miguel Bento creates Portuguese pavilion installation at Somerset House
By Sam Rogers Last updated
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Photographer Leandro Farina casts a rare, cinematic light on Balfron Tower
We sit down (from afar) with the London-based photographer to get his take on the past life of a Brutalist icon on the cusp of transformation
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Looking ahead: SODA Studio conjures classy offices in a Brutalist London block
As we all look forward to getting back out to our offices after staying home – Landsec's flexible office brand MYO has launched a workspace by London-based architecture studio SODA in the Brutalist glass volume of 123 Victoria Street, a 1970s building by Elsom, Pack & Roberts in the UK capital
By Clare Dowdy Last updated
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Brutalist bus terminal redesigned in the Czech Republic
The architecture of the landmark brutalist bus terminal of Zvonarka Central in Brno, Czech Republic, has been given a refresh by architects CHYBIK + KRISTOF
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Ludwig Godefroy’s brutalist Casa Mérida in Mexico
Concealed concrete courtyards and cool garden rooms make for a contemplative hideaway in Mérida, Yucatán
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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The Smithsons’ Economist Plaza renovation by DSDHA is revealed
By Ellie Stathaki Published