Brutalist Architecture

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:14 am

I'm not really feeling up to a lengthy introduction, so here's pics:

anybody have some beautiful photos of these giant naked blocks of faceless concrete?

i wish every city had a whole district of these in it. when the sun hits them it's magical, it's like 1970 reappearing out of nowhere.

The Friendly Stranger · Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:53 pm

I'm at Brunel University here in the UK. The campus was used as a filming location in Clockwork Orange, pretty good example of it. Should get some pics of my own actually.

http://www.pushpullbar.com/forums/attac ... 1161392771

Can't ge the last one to show for some reason so you'll have to clicky

Vordhosbn · Post by **Vordhosbn** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:02 pm

watch this to experience Brutalist architecture to its fullest

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:16 pm

Vordhosbn wrote:watch this to experience Brutalist architecture to its fullest

that's totally what inspired this thread...hahaha!

747Music · Post by **747Music** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:54 pm

turquoise70 wrote:
Vordhosbn wrote:watch this to experience Brutalist architecture to its fullest
that's totally what inspired this thread...hahaha!

I think I remember someone on watmm making this. Great stuff, I'm a huge fan of brutalist architecture.

Twoism-ist · Post by **Twoism-ist** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:19 pm

I used to live in a brutalist-styled condominium as a toddler in Alexandria, Virginia.

Damn, it was soooo early-nineties.

doubleEntendre · Post by **doubleEntendre** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:08 pm

i don't know if this is considered brutalist architecture, but it's a complex at my university. i think it's pretty cool.

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:13 pm

I need to visit Winnipeg, Calgary and Edmonton someday. If I ever get dual citizenship, I'm seriously thinking of settling in one of those cities.

silo flame · Post by **silo flame** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:50 am

aiming high

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:21 am

silo flame wrote:aiming high

Joebot Kill · Post by **Joebot Kill** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 3:51 pm

this is where i go to school:

photos are kind of small and crappy. but its a really cool place, maybe ill take some of my own photos

747Music · Post by **747Music** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:22 pm

Joebot Kill wrote:this is where i go to school:

photos are kind of small and crappy. but its a really cool place, maybe ill take some of my own photos

That is awesome!! Wish my school looked like that. would've been a better high for sure.

Joebot Kill · Post by **Joebot Kill** » Mon May 12, 2008 2:43 pm

747Music wrote:
Joebot Kill wrote:this is where i go to school:

photos are kind of small and crappy. but its a really cool place, maybe ill take some of my own photos
That is awesome!! Wish my school looked like that. would've been a better high for sure.

its a great place to trip too. feels like space ship ruins!

Twoism-ist · Post by **Twoism-ist** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:05 pm

my favorite building on campus! unfortunately this is an old photo and now there's no park surrounding it, it's all parking lot and new buildings and more parking lot.

http://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/uni ... (n.d.).jpg

A_Northern_Soul · Post by **A_Northern_Soul** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:18 pm

http://instagr.am/p/V1MA/

http://instagr.am/p/fCWi/ (not so much brutalist as uber-functional)

http://instagr.am/p/_Z6Y/

Synthestesia · Post by **Synthestesia** » Wed Feb 09, 2011 1:09 am

I don't know why but looking at this kind of architecture hits an unusual nostalgic chord in me. I think it's memories of going downtown and looking up at the facinating buildings as a kid.

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Wed Feb 09, 2011 3:31 pm

Must be some influence from the constructivists on this type of architecture

Twoism-ist · Post by **Twoism-ist** » Wed Feb 09, 2011 5:17 pm

A_Northern_Soul wrote:http://instagr.am/p/V1MA/

http://instagr.am/p/fCWi/ (not so much brutalist as uber-functional)

http://instagr.am/p/_Z6Y/

that is one COOL app! There's no android equivalent by any chance, do you know?

bleak. · Post by **bleak.** » Wed Feb 09, 2011 5:22 pm

Twoism-ist wrote:
A_Northern_Soul wrote:http://instagr.am/p/V1MA/

http://instagr.am/p/fCWi/ (not so much brutalist as uber-functional)

http://instagr.am/p/_Z6Y/
that is one COOL app! There's no android equivalent by any chance, do you know?

the closest thing i've found is an app called 'fx camera'.

GrangalanJr · Post by **GrangalanJr** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 2:01 pm

Brutalism has some rich associations for me, too.

For some reason it makes me think of government bureaucracies (kind of understandable, since brutalism was most popular at a time of intense government expansion) and also educational and psychological testing (?). I imagine all sorts of people sitting in brutalist office buildings being evaluated by official agencies.