Brutalism

‘Brutalist Korea’, published today (7 April 2026), documents over 90 brutalist sites across the country, exploring how the style emerged after the Korean War and celebrating its enduring significance

By Anna Solomon Published 7 April 26

As brutalism increasingly influences and dominates contemporary aesthetics, Modernist Estates author Stefi Orazi discusses why we shouldn’t take the movement lightly

By Stefi Orazi Published 7 March 26

Join us for a world tour of modernist marvels, contemporary design wonders, and covetable collectibles in the April 2026 issue, on newsstands

By Bill Prince Published 5 March 26

We explore the makers and manufacturers exploring the benefits of concrete, whether it's anchoring high-end audio or simply providing a raw aesthetic

By Jonathan Bell Published 17 February 26

The architect’s collection of season’s greetings is on show at the Roca London Gallery, just in time for the holidays

By Ellie Stathaki Published 10 December 25

London is full of Richard Seifert buildings, sprinkled with the 20th-century architect's magic and uncompromising style; here, we explore his prolific and, at times, controversial career

By Emily Wright Published 7 November 25

Lacroix Chessex Architectes pair cost-conscious concrete construction with rigorous details and spatial playfulness in this new villa near Geneva

By Jonathan Bell Published 30 October 25

The monolithic shell of this home evokes a familiar brutalist narrative, but designer 23 Degrees Design Shift softens the aesthetic by shrouding Antriya in lush planting

By Anna Solomon Published 22 October 25

In this brutalist supermarket, through the use of raw concrete, monolithic forms and modular elements, designer Minimal Studio hints at a critique of consumer culture

By Anna Solomon Published 21 October 25

Blue Crow Media’s ‘Brutalist Berlin’ unveils fifty of the German capital’s most significant concrete structures and places them in their historical context

By Jonathan Bell Published 15 October 25

'Brutal Scotland' chronicles one country’s relationship with concrete; is brutalism an architectural bogeyman or a monument to a lost era of aspirational community design?

By Jonathan Bell Published 7 October 25

Designed by Apollo Architects, Tokyo home Stealth House evokes the feeling of a secluded resort, packaged up neatly into a private residence

By Tianna Williams Published 8 September 25

This brutalist mosque by studio Common Ground explores concrete forms and top light as a symbol of spirituality in tropical, southern India

By Ravail Khan Published 5 September 25

Wallpaper* has spotlighted an array of remarkable architecture in the past month – from a pink desert home to structures that appears to float above the ground. These are the houses and buildings that most captured our attention in August 2025

By Anna Solomon Published 29 August 25

London-based Harris Bugg Studio is working on refreshing the Barbican Conservatory as part of the brutalist icon's ongoing renewal; we meet the landscape designers to find out more

By Matt Collins Published 29 August 25

'Brutalist Interiors' is a new book exploring the genre's most spectacular spaces; we speak to its editor Derek Lamberton, and ask for his top-three must-sees

By Ellie Stathaki Published 23 August 25

A Dutch house by architect Paul de Ruiter is perfectly at one with the flatlands of the Netherlands; we dig into the Wallpaper* archive to revisit this unapologetic, sharp-angled streak across the landscape

By Alexandra Onderwater Published 15 August 25

In Shaha Raphaël's ‘Low Tide – Marée basse’ exhibition for House of Today, Lebanese craftsmanship meets Mediterranean spirit, blurring the boundaries between art, jewellery and collectible design

By Harriet Thorpe Published 22 July 25

From Bauhaus and brutalism to California and midcentury, these are the architects who shaped modernist architecture in the 20th century

By Anna Solomon Published 1 July 25

Capito’s fresh, funky design is the work of Kyrgyz designer Jamal Ramisova, and is helping to put the country’s capital, Bishkek, on the design map

By Anna Solomon Published 30 May 25

The juxtaposition of stark concrete and tumbling greenery is eminently Instagrammable, but how does this architectural movement address the sustainability issues associated with brutalism?

By Anna Solomon Published 27 May 25

Philippine brutalism is an architecture subgenre to be explored and admired; the brains and lens behind visual database Brutalist Pilipinas, Patrick Kasingsing, takes us on a tour

By Patrick Kasingsing Published 25 April 25

The Lighthouse, a Los Angeles office space by Warkentin Associates, brings together Bauhaus, brutalism and contemporary workspace design trends

By Ellie Stathaki Published 24 April 25

A monumentally brutalist, art-filled Medellin house by architecture studio 5 Sólidos on the Colombian city’s outskirts plays all the angles

By Rainbow Nelson Published 14 April 25