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The finest brutalist architecture in London and beyond
For some of the world's finest brutalist architecture in London and beyond, scroll below. Can’t get enough of brutalism? Neither can we.
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Best of brutalist Italian architecture chronicled in new book
Brutalist Italian architecture enthusiasts and concrete completists will be spoilt for choice by Roberto Conte and Stefano Perego’s pictorial tour
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A show on British cooling towers explores these sculptural giants
'British Cooling Towers - Sculptural Giants' is a new exhibition created by Twentieth Century Society (C20 Society) and Margaret Howell, presented during the London Festival of Architecture 2023
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‘Brutalist Paris’ is a book that lays bare the legacy of the city’s concrete architecture
Architectural cartographer Blue Crow Media launches ‘Brutalist Paris’, its first book, a photographic study of the French capital’s surviving brutalist treasures and concrete impasses
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From colonialism to Soviet brutalism, Daniel Shea captures Havana's unique landscape
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London’s brutalist Balfron Tower is brought back to life
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Come play at the RIBA’s Brutalist Playground by Assemble and Simon Terrill
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Isabel Bonner’s Brutalist jewellery gets graphic
Isabel Bonner is inspired by Brutalist architecture and modernist design for simple jewellery which stands out
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Brutalist architecture-inspired diamond rings pave the way in Paris
Paris-based jewellery brand Statement is inspired by the Art Deco period and Brutalist architecture for striking diamond cocktail rings
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Future perfect: a new era for Preston Bus Station
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Inside Brian Housden’s masterpiece of British modernism
A meeting with De Stijl master Gerrit Rietveld inspired architect Brian Housden (1928-2014) to throw away the timid first drafts of his London home – and instead design one of Britain’s first brutalist dwellings. In November 2014, 78 South Hill Park achieved Grade II-listed status, the same week that the late architect passed away
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London’s brutalist Balfron Tower opens two eclectically designed show apartments
Ab Rogers Design and Studio Egret West have combined restoration, creativity and collaboration to design the interiors of two show apartments in one of London’s most iconic residential towers
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Hard matters: Concrete Concept tours the world of brutalism
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The Smithsons’ Economist Plaza renovation by DSDHA is revealed
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Minimalist office pops up at London brutalist icon the Smithson Tower
ConForm Architects creates minimalist office at London’s Smithson Tower, uniting brutalist architecture, modernism and a comfortable, almost domestic working environment
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Brutalist architecture meets midcentury interiors in this modern San Francisco home
Richard Beard Architects and The Wiseman Group refresh the brutalist architecture of a midcentury San Francisco home originally designed by Joseph Esherick and the 1960s
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Brutalist cathedral in the UK opens to the public following renovation
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Architect Laurence Quinn welcomes us to his renovated Barbican home
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Belgian Brutalist: Van Wassenhove House by Juliaan Lampens opens its doors
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The hidden Le Corbusier connection in Peter Doig’s landmark painting
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Brutalist book club: colossal compendiums of concrete architecture
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Paulo Mendes da Rocha’s São Paulo house for art dealer Eduardo Leme
Paulo Mendes da Rocha has a fan in art dealer Eduardo Leme, who commissioned the Brazilian architect to design both his house and art gallery in São Paulo. Wallpaper* visited Casa Millán in 2006 (W*88), to find out how the brutal concrete residence, originally built by da Rocha in 1969 for another art dealer, was adapted for its new owner
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Brutalism blossoms in Sydney with a new orthogonal concrete mosque
Sculptural concrete poetically channels space and light at Candalepas Associates’ new home for the Australian Islamic Mission. From the vaulted ceiling with funnel-shaped skylight, to the rounded wooden rings that gradual constrict towards an oculus, and the muqarnas that welcome in slim rays of sunlight, each architectural element breathes geometry and spirituality.
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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
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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
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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
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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
