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Bierpinsel is the work of Ralph Schüler und Ursulina Schüler-Witte an architect couple who also designed the brutalist ICC Conference Center in Berlin-Westend. The original concept that came from the couple was that of a tree shape, but I don’t think this idea is there today. It looks more like a crazy Lego creation than anything else. Either way, it took four years to build it, between 1972 and 1976 and, according to the legend, it got its nickname due to the amount of free beer that was served on the opening day.
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Destruction of the old CBS building. Voormalig CBS Gebouw. Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. Den Haag / The Hague, The Netherlands.
Some examples of brutalism architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This one is of the Mosse Humanities Building (although from the design, it might better be referred to as the inhumanities building).
Demonstrators gather at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to protest the appoint of Mick Mulvaney as the new Director. Politics aside, I liked how they were framed by the entrance of this piece of brutalist architecture.
Looking out from the fortress. All angles, lines, planes, graded light and surfaces.
"Within without" is what Turrell has called this excellent installation piece / sculpture / thingo. I only discovered it by accident the other day, it's not yet been opened but it's a wonderful place, destined to become a notable piece of Canberra.
They seem to have been working on the National Gallery (NGA) extensions for so long I'd forgotten that they might ever finish. And as I pass by most days it didn't enter my head we'd get something as interesting as this. Apparently the new galleries are also stunning so looking forward to seeing them when they open -- almost as much as seeing clear roads with no machinery or glacial speed limits.
The blurbs say Turrell works with light and it's obviously true, but also it's a very neat reflection of Canberra, at least Canberra icons. Look at this from outside and you see Parliament house (under-grass), Anzac Parade (colours and perspective) and the War Memorial (big grey dome, not visible here). Brutal architecture sometimes done well, angles, water features, native veg and lawns ... it's all here, so very Canberra.
Inside is wondrous for contemplative folk. It has a square view of the sky from outside the dome and a round more restricted view of a sky portion from the inside. When inside, as you sit on heated seats, you can peer up at that bit of sky, or watch the shape the sun makes on the walls, or the interesting shades of greyness or colour as the light changes.
The weather was not the best for photography or viewing but I'll be back. I was told it's designed for peak viewing pleasure at sunrise and sunset, and most mysterious at night. When the weather clears, I'll be there.
Once described by Prince Charles as 'like a nuclear power station', the fantastic (in my opinion) layered concrete National Theatre.
Designed by Sir Denys Lasdun, and completed in 1976, the Grade II* listed site is probably London's best known Brutalist building.
Located on the northwest corner of 16th and Eye Streets NW is the Third Church of Christ, Scientist (900 16th Street NW)--just three blocks north of the White House. The church was designed by Araldo Cossutta, an architect in the renowned firm of I.M. Pei and is an example of Brutalism architecture--a movement in the 1950s and 1960s that called for the use of rough concrete as the building medium. Across the plaza from the church is a Christian Science Reading Room.
For many years now, the congregants of Third Church have petitioned to tear down what they consider an architectural eyesore and put up a church more fitting of the historical downtown setting in which they are located. Unfortunately, incomprehensively, and against the protests of the church and congregation, in 2007 the D.C. Historic Preservation Board voted 7 - 0 to grant the building landmark status. As a result, the building cannot be torn down or altered.
Needless to say, the architecture is incongruous with many of the buildings in the area--both historic and modern minimalist. It has occasionally been referred to as an apocryphal, doomsday fallout shelter or an electrical substation. That aside, the church is part of the coalition of churches called the Downtown Cluster of Congregations--a collaborative coalition of congregations throughout Washington working on social issues.
Bierpinsel is the work of Ralph Schüler und Ursulina Schüler-Witte an architect couple who also designed the brutalist ICC Conference Center in Berlin-Westend. The original concept that came from the couple was that of a tree shape, but I don’t think this idea is there today. It looks more like a crazy Lego creation than anything else. Either way, it took four years to build it, between 1972 and 1976 and, according to the legend, it got its nickname due to the amount of free beer that was served on the opening day.
#fotostrasse #travel
Barbican is one of the best examples of how the British did brutalist architecture in their own way. This residential complex has around two thousand apartments, and it was built in an area devastated by bombings during the Second World War.
We were there for the second time last Sunday and took too many pictures of it.
boston, massachusetts
fall 1975
gala event, boston city hall
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Bierpinsel is the work of Ralph Schüler und Ursulina Schüler-Witte an architect couple who also designed the brutalist ICC Conference Center in Berlin-Westend. The original concept that came from the couple was that of a tree shape, but I don’t think this idea is there today. It looks more like a crazy Lego creation than anything else. Either way, it took four years to build it, between 1972 and 1976 and, according to the legend, it got its nickname due to the amount of free beer that was served on the opening day.
#fotostrasse #travel
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One of the most prominent examples of Brutalism architecture in the United States. Completed in 1968, building has been subject to nearly-universal public condemnation and is often called one of the world's ugliest buildings. Calls for the structure to be demolished have been regular since before construction was even finished.] However, architects and critics considered it excellent work, with one poll finding architects describe Boston City Hall as one of the ten proudest achievements of American architecture.