Brutalism

Space House, a landmark of brutalist architecture by Richard Seifert & Partners in London’s Covent Garden, is back following a 21st-century redesign by Squire & Partners and developer Seaforth Land

By Ellie Stathaki Published 16 January 25

For some of the world's finest brutalist architecture in London and beyond, scroll below. Can’t get enough of brutalism? Neither can we.

By Jonathan Bell Last updated 14 January 25

A new project and exhibition at the Farrell Centre in Newcastle revisits the radical urban ideas that changed Tyneside in the 1960s and 1970s

By Smilian Cibic Published 21 November 24

Soviet brutalist architecture offers eye-catching imagery; we delve into the genre’s daring concepts and look beyond its buildings’ photogenic richness

By Edwin Heathcote Published 13 November 24

Rochester Street Office by Allied_Office merges utilitarian design with cascading vegetation, presenting a thriving environment for creativity and collaboration

By Tianna Williams Published 7 November 24

The Room Next Door's production designer discusses mood-boarding and scene-setting for a moving film about friendship, fragility and the final curtain

By Anne Soward Published 5 October 24

1970s brutalist house Villa Stuyven is now home to creative couple Bram Kerkhofs and Lore Baeyens, providing a concrete-lined backdrop to a life of design and collaboration

By Jonathan Bell Published 26 November 23

Brutalist Italian architecture enthusiasts and concrete completists will be spoilt for choice by Roberto Conte and Stefano Perego’s pictorial tour

By Jonathan Bell Published 11 September 23

'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

By Ellie Stathaki Published 3 June 23

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

By Jonathan Bell Published 7 February 23

By Katrina Israel Last updated 28 October 22

By Jonathan Bell Last updated 28 October 22

By Sara Sturges Last updated 21 October 22

Isabel Bonner is inspired by Brutalist architecture and modernist design for simple jewellery which stands out

By Hannah Silver Last updated 21 October 22

Paris-based jewellery brand Statement is inspired by the Art Deco period and Brutalist architecture for striking diamond cocktail rings

By Hannah Silver Last updated 21 October 22

By Harriet Thorpe Last updated 20 October 22

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

By Edwin Heathcote Last updated 20 October 22

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

By Harriet Thorpe Last updated 20 October 22

By Sujata Burman Last updated 18 October 22

ConForm Architects creates minimalist office at London’s Smithson Tower, uniting brutalist architecture, modernism and a comfortable, almost domestic working environment 

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 13 October 22

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

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 12 October 22

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 11 October 22

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 11 October 22

By Benoit Loiseau Last updated 10 October 22