View allAll Photos Tagged brutal_architecture
I have a special relationship with brutal architecture. Prague is full of it if you know where to look – this building is close to where we live, the home of Financial and Social Administration of the Czech Republic. So fitting.
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.
An example of Brutalism architecture,
by Arch. Marcel Lambrichs, C. Grochowski and D. de Laveleye 1969-73
@Brussels, Belgium
This 12 story high-rise building located in downtown Jacksonville, Florida is 155.58 feet high and is used as a switching station. The structure was built in 1972 in the Brutalism architectural style and has an exposed structure as its facade.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.emporis.com/buildings/216199/at-t-building-jacksonvil...
This image is from Washington, DC in 2019, but I don't remember exactly what I was shooting. Something tells me it's a government building...
Azuma the 3rd Generation of East Coast Main Line traction after HST's and Class 91's to thunder across the brutal architecture of Ryther Viaduct.
Built in the early 1980s across the River Wharf flood plains of Ozendyke Ings as part of the ECML Selby Diversion.
(Courtesy of Wikipedia)
During the late 1970s, the National Coal Board (NCB) began development of a new coalfield around Selby, North Yorkshire and with the associated subsidence risks to the fast East Coast Main Line a diversionary route for the ECML was authorised under the British Railways (Selby) Act, 1979. Construction of the first purpose-built section of high-speed railway in the UK commenced on 29 July 1980 and the 14-mile section opened on 3rd October 1983.
800113 working a regular test 5Q22 13:00 York to Peterborough.
10th April 2019
Designed by sculptor Vojin Bakić and architect Berislav Šerbetić, 1971-1981. Petrova Gora, Croatia.
Photo: Stefano Perego.
This 12 story high-rise building located in downtown Jacksonville, Florida is 155.58 feet high and is used as a switching station. The structure was built in 1972 in the Brutalism architectural style and has an exposed structure as its facade.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.emporis.com/buildings/216199/at-t-building-jacksonvil...
Located on the beautiful old and green campus of Christ’s College, Cambridge, UK, lies this brutalist gem, New Court, nicknamed "The Typewriter".
Design (1966): Denys Lasdun & partners.
This photo was taken 7 years ago today, on 22nd November 2016. I've just rediscovered it on my hard drive.
The building in the photograph is Robin Hood Gardens in Poplar, East London. Sadly, in my view, the greater part of this once very large and imposing brutalist social housing site has now been demolished and redeveloped. The architects of the original building were husband and wife team Peter and Alison Smithson. I believe this was their only residential housing design in the UK.
I was lucky to visit Armenia in May 2025 and had the chance to capture some of its beauty - and the kindness of the people there. This photo kicks off a little series from my trip, taken over just a couple of memorable days.
The 50th Anniversary of the October Revolution Memorial in Yerevan was built in 1967 to mark 50 years since the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. A striking example of Soviet-era monumental architecture, it stands near the Cascade Complex and remains a prominent historical landmark.
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.
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
instagram.com/matthiasdengler_