Brutalist architecture had its moment of glory from the 50's in which it was born, until the mid-70's. Sober, Spartan constructions without excesses became the favorite of many government agencies and educational institutions, but at some point in the 1980s, the world declared war on brutalism (with the United Kingdom at the head), determined to demolish your creations ...
Some of the buildings you will see below have already disappeared. Others remain there, either abandoned, fully functioning, or protected with a special status. Critics have called cold brutalism, totalitarian, decadent, inhuman and monstrous. Personally ... I regret to disagree with them. While it is true that certain facilities have aged worse than others, the forcefulness and efficiency of brutalism deserve to be preserved.
- Salk Institute
- Guernsey Observation Tower
- University of Monterrey
- Royal National Theater
- Geisel Library
- Rokko Complex, Kobe, Japan
- Forum Boca, Veracruz, Mexico
- Dowgate fire station
- Olivetti Complex, Tokyo
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
- Somewhere in Vilnius, Lithuania
- Trellick Tower
- Canary Wharf
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