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The Anderston Centre, Glasgow, a deeply unlovely place, even as it was being built, passing it in 1969 I remember thinking how ugly it was and the years haven’t helped - although, astonishingly, the good readers of an architecture magazine, Prospect voted it in at number 54 in the best 100 modern Scottish buildings. #anderson #andersonglasgow #glasgowarchitecture #scottisharchitecture #brutalist #brutalism #brutal_architecture #brutalistarchitecture #architecture #glasgow #glasgowcity #glasgowcitycentre #geometric #patterns #glasgowblackandwhitephotography #blackandwhitephotography #monochromatic #monochrome

This was my first attempt at brutalism architecture, I am satisfied with the result, but the next one will not be in minifig scale. I do not have that many LBG parts :). And I am missing symbolism in all of this.

Looking up at the BT Tower from its base, there are clear hints of Brutalism in and around its lower parts. Due to the high ISO, the sky was burnt out, so some "Sky Replacement" was used to set the monument against something similar to what was there that particular evening.

Theil Building, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

 

Design (1973): Kees Elffers

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Make of this what you will but I rather liked the angled shadows look liken of those profits graphs you sometimes see . . .

Nikon FM2n, 28mm, Kodak ultramax 400

This is an abandoned Soviet-era concert hall on the outskirts of Tallinn, Estonia. It was built as part of the 1980 Moscow Olympics, and in its heyday held concerts by big names like Duran Duran. Now it’s mostly abandoned and crumbling away, in a very eerie post-apocalyptic way. The kind of place I love!

 

For an account of my travels to Helsinki and Tallinn:

Lingonberries and Space-transcending Crows: Helsinki and Tallinn

The "Cheese Grater". I love this building in downtown Montreal. Real name is Chateau Champlain, built by Roger D'Astous.

 

Minolta X700. MC Rokkor 35mm 2.8, Rollei RPX400.

Dev & scan Borealis Lab.

Place du Canada, Montreal, Qc. March 2021.

Building turned through 180 degrees

Looking back from St James Park tube station entrance, perched between Petty France (on the left) and Queen Anne's Gate (on the right), the Ministry of Justice stands formidably firm and resolute against Westminster's varied skyline, exuding an Orwellian Totalitarian sensibility with its Brutalist lines.

 

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In lieu of everything that’s happened these last seven years, it feels important that this institution becomes aware of men who are emotionally and psychologically raped and bullied by women… And does something about it.

 

As several men (who work in professional and respectable jobs) have said of late, they fear nothing is being done about it in this country, and the true figures are remaining immensely under reported, not only because of societal conditioning and stereotyping, but also because of bias and inequality, especially when looking at similar crimes that are committed by men and women, with very different verdicts being bestowed on men and women, showing how sexism clearly plays a role everywhere (see Robert Henley Woody’s book entitled “Risks of Harm from Psychopathic Individuals” that briefly mentions this problem).

 

If equality between the sexes is to ever be spoken about and addressed fairly and with itegrity, then it needs to cover every facet of our lives, both those obvious and those not so obvious. We need to remain ever vigilant against biases and taboos, as well as psychological abuses, making sure we look out for everyone: men, women and other genders alike. Regardless of which ever group we identify as, we owe it to ourselves to look after each other.

Erno Goldfinger’s Caradale House, Brutalist architecture at it's finest.

Canon EOS 1n, Canon 16-35mm f/2.8Lii, Hoya R25 Filter

Kodak HIE (exp.2008) Dev: Rodinal (R09) 1:50 14min@20degC

 

Mamiya 7II, 43mm, Fuji pro 160 NS

Mezonetowiec

Wroclaw - Poland

Architect: Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak

Hadrian Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

I'm not too sure about the paintjob, though.

 

Design (1975): Newcastle City Engineers and Planning Department.

 

Red Oktober

 

Camera: Lomo 135BC

Film: AgfaPhoto Vista 200

Processing: Max Spielmann

Now For Some Brutalism

Stepping Stone Falls

Flint, MI

Built in the 1980s. Ijevan, Armenia.

Photo: Stefano Perego.

Architect: Marcel Breuer (1977)

Location: Washington, DC

Carradale House. Erno Goldfinger

 

Part of my visual poem to Post-war social housing:

 

100realpeople.substack.com/p/post-war-social-housing

 

Nikon d750 / Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5

Brutalism

Toronto, ON

Grunwaldzki Square Housing Complex

Wroclaw - Poland

Architect: Jadwiga GrabowskaHawrylak

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