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Brutalist ventilation outlet for 109 Lambeth Road. The 1960s building is now occupied by the Metropolitan Police. At Lambeth Road and Pratt Walk, London Borough of Lambeth.
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Pilgrimage Church of Mary (Gottfried Böhm, 1963-1972). These are shots from my first visit in 2010; when I recently posted a few views from 2012, I figured that by the time I got around to tackling all the negatives from this trip, I would surely have some words to capture this astonishing church. But here we are in June 2021, and Gottfried Böhm has just passed away at the age of 101, and it seems appropriate to post something even if the words still aren't delivering themselves to my fingers.
I could certainly rattle off the style labels: it's Brutalism, or maybe prewar Expressionism filtered through a starker, sharper-edged approach to rendering crystals in concrete form, or an entirely sui generis attempt to turn geology into architectural form. But once we were inside, getting the tour from a priest, what really struck me were not the architectural surfaces but the space and the shadows in between. The darkness in these shots is not just because I was shooting on fairly slow film with limited time to set up luxiously long exposures. The place is vast enough to be truly shadowy, and irregular enough that (unlike in the medieval churches that were surely on Böhm's mind), you don't feel a firm sense of what's up ahead or around the corner. And despite the touristic energies of a group of architecture students, normally in a frenzied scramble to explore and get photos just for the sake of doing so, we moved around slowly, hushed, feeling each footfall on the solid stairs, breathing it all in. This was something new under the sun.
As before, I must recommend the Böhm albums of my Flickr peers seier and Chris. Between the two, they convinced me that this was a must-see, and I later convinced Jackie that we could fit this one into the itinerary. No regrets there.
Bristol RELL6L No. 1138 with ECW bodywork makes spirited progress along Colston Avenue, Bristol, on Saturday 12th March 1977. She seems to have left quite a trail of exhaust fumes in her wake. The brutal architecture of the Colston Centre tries to compete with St Mary on the Quay's Greek-inspired neo-classicism.
This is the Hampton Coliseum at 1000 Coliseum Dr in Hampton, VA.
It opened in 1969 and sports some absolutely gorgeous brutalist architecture. It can be seen from Interstates 64 and 664.
With the brutalist Concrete, tiled architecture as a backdrop, 15692 waits to depart on the Route 43 service.
YN60ADU is a Scania Enviro400, new to Stagecoach East Midland in September 2010.
This is the Hampton Coliseum at 1000 Coliseum Dr in Hampton, VA.
It opened in 1969 and sports some absolutely gorgeous brutalist architecture. It can be seen from Interstates 64 and 664.
This is the Ballston-MU Metrorail Station in Arlington, VA on the Orange and Silver Lines.
This station opened on December 1st, 1979 and features heavy Brutalist architecture that the DC Metro is famous for.
Having participated in the Photo24 Challenge recently, myself & Tim Scott decided another trip into London would be a great idea. This time I only took my little Sony RX100 mk3 & iPhone with me as the thought of carrying my Canon 5d mk4 & associated lenses in 30 degree heat for the day was just too much. Ultimately, this was the right decision & whilst at times the image quality & ability to get certain shots that the Canon would have given me proved frustrating the small bag & weight far outweighed this. We arrived in London at 10.15am & headed straight to The Barbican for some brutal architecture shots, then made our way across London taking in various sites along the way, ending up in Brick Lane for a curry at 7.30pm.
A late-era, thoroughly brutalist residence, Italian architect Roberto Morsi’s best known work layers a set of rotated geometries (not dissimilar in diagram to the Hanselmann House) and showcases concrete inside and out. Detailing such as horizontal bands of glazing, integrated lighting and a procession stair to the entry all appear cut from the main volume, all lending weight to a very angular piece of architectural futurism.
As Singapore National Day approaches, the city is adorned with patriotic emblems, bunting and flags. Here at the People's Park Complex, the permiter wall is adorned with Singapore flags, which add a contrasting streak of red to the scene and add a dynamic quality as they wave in the breeze.
Having participated in the Photo24 Challenge recently, myself & Tim Scott decided another trip into London would be a great idea. This time I only took my little Sony RX100 mk3 & iPhone with me as the thought of carrying my Canon 5d mk4 & associated lenses in 30 degree heat for the day was just too much. Ultimately, this was the right decision & whilst at times the image quality & ability to get certain shots that the Canon would have given me proved frustrating the small bag & weight far outweighed this. We arrived in London at 10.15am & headed straight to The Barbican for some brutal architecture shots, then made our way across London taking in various sites along the way, ending up in Brick Lane for a curry at 7.30pm.
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For ten days in October 2021, the brutalist concrete structure known as the International Congress Centre Berlin was open to the public as a unique experience of film, performance and art. We visited the ICC Berlin on the first few days of The Sun Machine is Coming Down, a celebration of the 70th anniversary of Berliner Festspiele.
Since we are big fans of brutalist architecture, visiting the International Congress Centre Berlin was always in our sight. This gorgeous landmark of German architecture is massive beyond comparison, making it one of the largest congress venues in the world.