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In 1974, The Guildbourne Centre was opened which was a stark contrast to the old streets and the historic buildings of Worthing.
It was described as the most brutal construction in those times .
In the heart of this seaside town, it was opened by Stanley Elliott, the mayor of Worthing in 1974.
The centre comprised of shops, offices, flats, and multi-storied car park. There were rumours that a ‘posh cabaret restaurant’ would be opened and well-known stars will come to perform at the elite venue. This never materialised.
Occupying an enviable position in the heart of the town, the Centre has had a troubled recent past with many shops failing to thrive. In more recent times Wilkinsons & othershave helped to lift the area but ,Today, it feels desolate, lonely and unwelcoming inside. Maybe time for demolition and to grace Worthing with something better.
I love Brutalist architecture. Brantford has some great examples if you know where to look. I took this shot in Blue Hour with my Pixel 6a cell phone.
A couple of 1970s cars drive along Route 34 (The Oak Street Connector). At the time, the highway was only about 10 years old. The lack of cars is amazing by today's bumper-to-bumper standards.
Doncaster Magistrates and Law Courts - looks like a nuclear bunker from the outside or indeed something impenetrable.
And now the YP is no more, Just a pile of rubble on the floor.
Demolition of the Yorkshire Post Building on Wellington Street in Leeds.
This ugly brutalist structure housed two newspapers; the Yorkshire Post and the Yorkshire Evening Post. It was opened by Prince Charles in 1970 (how ironic) and won a RIBA bronze medal from delusional RIBA judges. It was mercifully put down in 2014.
Few mourned.
A metaphor perhaps for the demise of physical publishing and declining standards of journalism.
Architects Chamberlin, Powell and Bon's Brutalist masterpiece the Barbican Centre in the City of London. Endlessly explorable the Estate is a concrete maze of innovate 1970's architecture, a self-contained city, which includes; a theatre, art gallery, cinema, library, tropical plant filled conservatory and residential towers among much more.
Architecture tours of the Barbican Estate take place regularly and I highly recommend them if you wish to learn more about the buildings design and gain access to some of its hidden features.
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Theatre Royal Car Park.
Even though I was born in Plymouth i'd never really associated it with Brutal architecture ... how wrong I was!
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Das ist inzwischen für mich einer der häßlichsten Orte der Welt geworden - die Berliner Museumsinsel. Ohne Hirn und Verstand wurde an das Neue Museum und das Pergamonmuseum eine gigantomanische Säulenhalle angeklotzt - Brutalo-Architektur vom Feinsten. Mich erinnert das an die Reichsfeld-Architektur der Nazis in Nürnberg (siehe unteres Bild). Dass man damit den Jüdischen Mäzen des Museums James Simon ehren wollte, macht es auch nicht besser. Ich denke, er hätte was besseres verdient. Bleibt die Hoffnung, das zukünftige Generationen, die Verschandelung - wenn der Beton zu bröseln anfängt, wieder abreißen- und dass der Beton, wie in Berlin üblich - recht bald anfängt, zu bröckeln.
This has become one of the ugliest places in the world for me - Berlin's Museum Island. Without brains and minds, a gigantic columned hall was attached to the Neues Museum and the Pergamon Museum - brutal architecture at its best. This reminds me of the Reichsfeld architecture of the Nazis in Nuremberg (see picture below). The fact that they wanted to honor the Jewish patron of the museum, James Simon, does not make it any better. I think he deserves better. The hope remains that future generations, the disfigurement - when the concrete begins to crumble, tear off again - and that the concrete, as usual in Berlin - begins to crumble quite abruptly.
C'est devenu l'un des endroits les plus laids du monde pour moi - l'île aux musées de Berlin. Sans cerveau ni esprit, une gigantesque salle à colonnes a été attachée au Neues Museum et au Musée de Pergame - une architecture brutale à son meilleur. Cela me rappelle l'architecture de Reichsfeld des nazis à Nuremberg (voir photo ci-dessous). Le fait qu'ils aient voulu honorer le patron juif du musée, James Simon, ne l'améliore pas. Je pense qu'il mérite mieux. L'espoir demeure que les générations futures, la défiguration - lorsque le béton commence à s'effriter, à s'arracher à nouveau - et que le béton, comme d'habitude à Berlin - commence à s'effriter assez brusquement
Este se ha convertido en uno de los lugares más feos del mundo para mí: la Isla de los Museos de Berlín. Sin cerebro ni mentes, una gigantesca sala de columnas se unió al Neues Museum y al Pergamon Museum, una arquitectura brutal en su mejor momento. Esto me recuerda a la arquitectura Reichsfeld de los nazis en Nuremberg (ver imagen abajo). El hecho de que quisieran honrar al patrón judío del museo, James Simon, no lo hace mejor. Creo que se merece algo mejor. La esperanza sigue siendo que las generaciones futuras, la desfiguración -cuando el hormigón comienza a desmoronarse, se arranca de nuevo- y que el hormigón, como es habitual en Berlín, comience a desmoronarse abruptamente.
Designed by Leandro Locsin, built 1967.
Leandro Valencia Locsin, Sr. (August 15, 1928 – November 15, 1994), also known by the initials LVL and the nickname "Lindy", was a Filipino architect, artist, and interior designer known for his use of concrete, floating volume and simplistic design in his various projects.
Handheld panorama taken in very bright conditions while surrounded by the brutal architecture of The Barbican Centre (an amazing location).
Cromwell Place is a bold, arrogant and simplistic tower. Threatened with demolition for most of its existence, the tower is now entering the phase of slowly being appreciated. For locals, it serves as the area's tallest building and is somewhat of a landmark, despite its reputation.
MMU's (formerly Manchester Polytechnic's) (former) Hollings Campus, or Toast Rack.
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Hotel Croatia, Cavtat, Croatia.
I have a new substack through which I am posting mostly words, it would be lovely to have you there.
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Danville Finance Office, formerly First Financial Bank, 17 West Main Street, Danville, Illinois. A stunning example of brutalist architecture. The ellipses are actually drive up teller windows for the former bank.
i like the fact that it isnt really round. its in the inside of a ww2 bunker. so just brutal architecture that did not have to look good when it was build.
The Catholic parish church of the Resurrection of Christ was built between 1964 and 1970 according to plans by the architect Gottfried Böhm in the Lindenthal district of Cologne. The two architects Wilhelm Jungherz and Klaus Micheel were also involved in the design.
The church building illustrates to a large extent the idea of architecture as sculpture.
The church is excellently integrated into the urban planning. It serves as a vanishing point for the Lindenthal Canal, which is lined with avenues. At the end of the canal, wide staircases form squares, which are bordered on the sides by community buildings. Finally, the church rises together with the parish tower.
The staggered height development with projections and recesses and beveled edges creates a sculptural character. At the north-west corner, the open spiral staircase emphasizes the tower. The plastic effect is reinforced by the calculated use of the material colors, the change from reddish brickwork to light exposed concrete surfaces.
The floor plan is asymmetrical and polygonal. The angles and niches resulting from this in the outline are assigned liturgical tasks. Together with the different room heights and the reduced incidence of light, the room is given liveliness. The building appears as a walk-in sculpture. The windows, also designed by Böhm, are predominantly red-glazed. Together with the reddish masonry, they reinforce the cave-like atmosphere.
Photography & retouching by Matthias Dengler
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Site of Ronald Regan’s Attempted Assassination
With a double-arched design,
the Washington Hilton Hotel was built in 1965
by William B. Tabler, Sr., an American Architect
who designed more than 400 hotels.
Since the hotel opened, it has hosted events like the White House Correspondents Association annual dinner as well as musical performances
by artists like The Doors & Jimi Hendrix.
In March 30, 1981, the hotel was also
the site of an assassination attempt
on U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
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White wall tyres adorn Stagecoach in South Wales Alexander Dennis E30D 27276, one of 15 allocated to Cwmbran depot for "gold" Service X24 (Blaenavon-Pontypool-Cwmbran-Newport), as she finds a gap in the long winter shadows whilst passing under Newport's Old Green Interchange in late December 2016, and as a Newport Transport Scania OmniCity traverses overhead.
Contrast the brutal architecture of the Interchange and its spaceship style lighting with the open countryside that the X24 covers between Blaenavon and Varteg Hill:
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During the 1970s this building provided many local people with employment until the mining corporation “Charter Consolidated” moved away around the turn of the century, when it subsequently stood empty until it was sold for residential conversion in 2020.
While some parts of the concrete facade of “The Panorama” are looking slightly worse for wear, generally the building is in a good state of repair.