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Unpopular Opinion: Brutalist Architecture Is the Best

The same Brutalist icons, but not as you know them

It is said that Brutalist architecture asked for patience. Its language was not immediately inviting and resisted quick affection for it stands firm in raw concrete and heavy, geom...

The Endurance of Brutalism

This new exhibition spotlights Scotland’s post-war modernist architecture, selected from Phipps’ photographs of 160 buildings across the country. The post The Endurance of Brutali...

Menu Extra Crafts a Dinner Party Around Brutalist Architecture

In Montreal, Efflorescence takes central stage in a Franciscan Chapel.

Saint-Denis’ Brutalist Îlot 8 Housing Complex by Renée Gailhoustet Faces Controversial Redevelopment Plan

Saint-Denis is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France, known for the Gothic Basilica of Saint-Denis and the Stade de France. At one corner of Place Jean-Jaurès in its h...

When Brazil Built Its Capital on Modernist Principles: The Controversial Design of Brasília

When we think of modern architecture, we often think first of what’s called the International Style, whose minimalist, rectilinear, decoration-free forms were championed by the lik...

Vertical Extension and Refurbishment of Collège Rousseau / Burckhardt

The heritage- protected Collège Rousseau in Geneva, built in 1969 by Alain Ritter, is a remarkable example of Brutalism. Not only did the building's condition require refurbishment...

Meet the architect: inside the luxurious, brutalist Fairmont Golden Prague

When the Fairmont Golden Prague opened its doors in April 2025, it not only elevated the brand in Europe, but brought impeccable style to one of Europe’s most beautiful and excitin...

Made You Look: Building a Brutalist Dresser

Watch the build process from start to finish as Jenn Park creates this white oak dresser.

House of the Shattered Rock / SO Arquitetura & Design

Casa da Rocha Quebrada. An essential house. That’s how we like to describe it. It’s not minimalist, nor brutalist. It’s simply what it needs to be.

The Mexico-Based Visual Artist Turning Concrete, Glass Blocks, And Desert Light Into Speculative Worlds

Juan Carlos Beltrán is a Mexico-based visual artist whose work reimagines modernist architecture, brutalism, glass-block structures, shadow, and overgrown landscape through a highl...

This Brazilian Home Uses Monolithic Forms and Open Living Spaces

Located in Pouso Alegre, Brazil, Casa R|L by Casalli Arquitetura transforms an irregular site into a bold contemporary residence defined by sculptural geometry, inclined pillars, a...

Embankment Place: Campaigners Demand Grade II* Listing For Charing Cross Building

Is PoMo architecture facing a reckoning?

Massive sculpture at Bristol Harbour has a grim meaning

Flats overlooking the water had a slightly unusual view today

Marcel Moves Into the Breuer

The La Mercerie team turns a brutalist icon into a French destination.

Phibsborough Shopping Centre - considered one of Dublin's ugliest buildings - is getting a glow-up

And a hotel, of course, because Dublin always needs more hotels.

Family Life In An Architecturally Significant 1970s Townhouse

There are very few heritage-protected modernist townhouses in Melbourne, which makes this Elsternwick home incredibly special. Built in 1973 and designed by architect Harold David...

Trump’s Architecture Rankles. But Why?

What Trump’s monuments look like to a British architecture writer.

Architecture and Ideology: How Political Systems Shaped 20th-Century Design

Architecture is often presented as the visible expression of its time, its desires, its faith in progress, its idea of order. Yet this reading tends to flatten the conditions under...

Van Wassenhove Residence: Living the Radical Continuity of Juliaan Lampens

Architectural history often advances through iconic gestures or technological breakthroughs, yet some works remain influential precisely because they resist spectacle. Built betwee...

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visteria foundation fills torre velasca with polish modernism at milan design week 2026

torre velasca’s brutalist heritage engages with 'polish modernism’ by visteria foundation, showcasing historical masterworks and contemporary designs. The post visteria foundation...

Alternate Futures: Five Modernist Landmarks Reimagined for the 21st Century

Modernism in architecture was perhaps the first truly global building design philosophy. Established at the beginning of the twentieth century, its early proponents were heavyweigh...

glazed facade cuts through monolithic brick community center within paris park

atelier mja incorporates reclaimed materials from a previous pavilion. The post glazed facade cuts through monolithic brick community center within paris park appeared first on des...