Brutalist Buildings in Your Region - Page 3

olga · #1 Posted **Jan 21, 2009, 9:14 AM**

Great thread. I'm a big fan of brutalism - when it's well done. Like any other style there are good and bad examples. A great example is Barbican IMO, I think it's fantastic.

MolsonExport · #2 Posted **Jan 21, 2009, 1:13 PM**

I work in this brutalist ooglie in London (Ontario). The Social Science Centre, University of Western Ontario.

source: UWO

flar · #3 Posted **Jan 22, 2009, 4:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

I work in this brutalist ooglie in London (Ontario). The Social Science Centre, University of Western Ontario.

source: UWO

I did some time in there. Weldon Library is another brutalist building on campus that I actually like a bit.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Ontario_1.jpg

I'm surprised you didn't mention London, Ontario's notorious example, the court house:

staff · #4 Posted **Jan 21, 2009, 8:47 PM**

Some lovely stuff in here - and some less lovely stuff as well.

Atomic Glee · #5 Posted **Jan 21, 2009, 9:03 PM**

There's not a ton of this...stuff...around here, and frankly I don't want to give it any acknowledgement by posting photos of it. I have never seen a brutalist structure that wasn't horrible in at least some ways, and usually in all of them.

pj3000 · #6 Posted **Jan 21, 2009, 9:44 PM**

^ Fort Worth and Dallas actually have quite a bit of this "stuff"... unfortunately. Since this is a thread for crappy brutalist architecture, I gotta post some of the highlights... sorry.

Fort Worth's got a gem of a Brtualist city hall:

and the city's tallest building is one helluva Brutalist monstrosity:

and who could forget the beautiful Texas Workforce Commission:

photo credit: flickr

Atomic Glee · #7 Posted **Jan 21, 2009, 10:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by pj3000

photo credit: flickr

No kidding - that's my own photo, actually.

Just because it exists doesn't mean we have to give it any sort of acknowledgement. It's better to let everybody forget about brutalism and then wipe it clean off the face of the Earth, and issue a proclamation that it shall never be constructed again.

pj3000 · #8 Posted **Jan 21, 2009, 10:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by Atomic Glee

No kidding - that's my own photo, actually.

Just because it exists doesn't mean we have to give it any sort of acknowledgement. It's better to let everybody forget about brutalism and then wipe it clean off the face of the Earth, and issue a proclamation that it shall never be constructed again.

I think we need to document it so we do not construct such evil in our cities and on our college campuses ever again.

Evergrey · #9 Posted **Jan 21, 2009, 10:01 PM**

nice shot of the depressing interior of Posvar Hall.. the worst aspect of my University of Pittsburgh education was having to spend every waking moment inside this abomination...

pj3000 · #10 Posted **Jan 21, 2009, 10:28 PM**

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Minato Ku · #11 Posted **Jan 21, 2009, 11:15 PM**

A common style in Paris

Mairie d'Ivry district

Saint Denis Basilique district

i_am_hydrogen · #12 Posted **Jan 26, 2009, 4:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by Minato Ku

A common style in Paris

Mairie d'Ivry district

This bridge is wonderful.

hammersklavier · #13 Posted **Jan 26, 2009, 9:38 PM**

Some of these are actually really handsome. Weyerhauser, the LBJ Library, and Mairie d'Ivry: exceedingly so. LBJ, in particular, demonstrates what Brutalism can be at its best. Spare and monumental.

deja vu · #14 Posted **Jan 22, 2009, 4:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by Evergrey

nice shot of the depressing interior of Posvar Hall.. the worst aspect of my University of Pittsburgh education was having to spend every waking moment inside this abomination...

It reminds me of a prison, in many ways - which is ironic for a higher institution of learning.

Jibba · #15 Posted **Jan 22, 2009, 12:38 AM**

Another Harry Weiss, but a more refined and evolved Brutalist style:

muppet · #16 Posted **Jan 22, 2009, 12:42 AM**

wow, this is fantastic. This gives brutalism a good name.

CGII · #17 Posted **Jan 22, 2009, 12:49 AM**

No kidding. Brutralism looks awesome with overgrowth.

muppet · #18 Posted **Jan 22, 2009, 1:01 AM**

There's a really gorgeous example of brutalism in Oslo, some govt building. Anyone know its name?

I think the frieze is by Piccasso. It's the tower behind that is perfectly composed, can't get a shot of its form though.

Minato Ku · #19 Posted **Jan 22, 2009, 2:00 AM**

Massena fire station in Paris

Maverick · #20 Posted **Jan 8, 2010, 11:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by muppet

There's a really gorgeous example of brutalism in Oslo, some govt building. Anyone know its name?

I think the frieze is by Piccasso. It's the tower behind that is perfectly composed, can't get a shot of its form though.

The buildings are part of the 'Regjeringskvartalet' or government district in english. It consist of 7 buildings in total. The frieze is by piccasso.