Architectural Styles

    Brutalist

    Alt names / subperiods 

    Timeline

    Distinguishing Features

    Geographic Presence

    Concrete Modernism

    New Brutalism

    [FromFrench “béton brut” for “raw concrete.”]

    Brickalism [Bricks]

     

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    1950-1980

    • Massive
    • monolithic forms
    • raw concrete surfaces
    • functionality
    • repetitive patterns
    • modular components,
    • Global

    Common Building Types

    Landmark buildings

    Historic Accommodation Types

    Accommodation Examples

    • Govt Buildings
    • Educational institutions
    • cultural
    • Boston City Hall
    • Frank Murphy Hall of Justice Detroit
    • Barbican Centre London
    • National Theatre London
    • Yale Art and Architecture Building Connecticut
    • Habitat 67 MOntreal\
    • Salk Institute La Jolla
    • Park Hill flats in Sheffield
    • Villa Göth Sweden
    • Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex Caracas, Venezuela.
    • Nalichnaya Street, St. Petersburg
    • Robarts Library Toronto
    • Sugden House Watford
    • Unité d’habitation in Marseille
    • Chandigarh Capitol Complex
    • Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp
    • Student dormitory Skopje
    • “TV buildings” Belgrade
    • Milwaukee County War Memorial
    • Banco de Londres y América del Sur Headquarters Buenos Aires
    • British Library [Brickalism]
    • Plaza Towers Atlanta
    • Queensland Art Gallery
    • High Court of Australia
    • MacMillan Bloedel Building
    • Museum of Anthropology UBC
    • National Library of Argentina
    • Genex Tower, Belgrade.
    • Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Palace of Culture and Labour Vietnam
    • ‘beehives’ at St John’s College, Oxford
    • Churchill College, Cambridge
    • Ziggurats University of East Anglia
    • Kingsgate bridge & Dunelm House Durham
    • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
    • Geisel Library, UCSD
    • Rarig Center, University of Minnesota
    • Preston bus station Lancashire
    • Purpose-Built Brutalist Landmark Hotels
    • Adaptive-Reuse Brutalist Hotels – former offices, ministries, civic buildings)
    • Hostels & Budget Accommodation
    • Resort Hotels & Mega-Complexes – (Mediterranean, Middle East, and Eastern Bloc)
    • Conference Hotels & Government Guesthouses
    • Former Eastern Bloc diplomatic guesthouses
    • Hybrid Cultural Hotels (adaptive reuse)
    • Hotel Ukraine
    • Hotel Praha (demolished)
    • Hotel Marcel – Marcel Breuer Brutalist landmark
    • Hostels & Budget Accommodation – Generator London
    • Hotel Jugoslavija
    • Haludovo Palace Hotel
    • Hotel International Prague
    • Hybrid Cultural Hotels (adaptive reuse) – Ace Hotel London Shoreditch
    • Hyatt Regency (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)

    Adaptive Reuse

    • Brutalist Hotels adapted from offices, ministries, civic buildings)
    • The Standard London – former Camden Town Hall Annex
    • Former Eastern Bloc diplomatic guesthouses

     

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