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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Grand designs: Block9's gargantuan builds take Glastonbury
By Sam Rogers Last updated
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Centre Point’s new public square and retail space on London’s New Oxford Street designed by MICA
By Harriet Thorpe 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 icon Boston City Hall celebrates 50th anniversary
By Ellie Stathaki 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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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 Published
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The Smithsons’ Economist Plaza renovation by DSDHA is revealed
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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This brutal house: the National Arts Centre of Ottawa is getting a makeover
By Hadani Ditmars Published
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Come play at the RIBA’s Brutalist Playground by Assemble and Simon Terrill
By Ellie Stathaki Published


