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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.
Metropolitan Police architect and surveyor's department headed by J. Innes Elliott with Peter Silsby as senior architect in charge.
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The Brutalist lines of this building (the term “Brutalism” comes from béton brut, literally meaning ‘raw concrete’) demonstrate a type of architecture that allowed functionality to dictate design. Today this building sits aptly amidst the diverse mixture of old and new buildings in the heart of Ashford’s town centre, and is a totem reminiscent of Ashford’s connections to the wider world.
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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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.
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.
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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An art deco styled building in downtown Baton Rouge Louisiana next to the state capitol building. Lighting and color grading in Lightroom. Used ND8 filter and circular polarizer
Golden Mile Complex, April 2023
This landmark 1973 Singapore development is about to be closed for a major redevelopment. The brutalist icon was designed by architects Gan Eng Oon, William Lim and Tay Kheng Soon and engineered by Arup.
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.
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.
The desolate 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 #desolate
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.
Lofty exhibition space at Espoo Museum of Modern Art, EMMA. The museum is located in a former printing house building which is widely known for its 1960s - 1970s concrete brutalism. This photograph doesn't give you much of an idea of the style of the building as a whole but it does a good job portraying the endless windows on the sides of it.
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Espoo, Finland, 2023.
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.