/r/brutalism
A friendly place to discover and appreciate brutalist buildings and architecture. Share photos, read articles, and discuss.
In Celebration of Concrete
A friendly place to discover and appreciate brutalist buildings and architecture. Share photos, read articles, and discuss.
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Rules / Guidelines
- Please be polite; remember reddiquette
- A high-quality post will provide the name of the building, what organization it belongs to (or what purpose it serves), where it is, and when it opened. Ideally, please also list the architect(s). Titles should be simple, descriptive, and free of extraneous commentary.
- If you took the photo yourself, put "[OC]" in the title (original content) and you will be given special flair.
- Not all buildings exhibiting an exposed concrete exterior can be considered Brutalist, and may belong to one of a range of architectural styles including Constructivism, International Style, Expressionism, Postmodernism, and Deconstructivism.
- 'Brutalism' does not mean 'brutal'. 'Brut' means 'raw' (from the French), referring to raw concrete.
- Any rude, off-topic, or low-quality posts / comments / bots will be removed at the mods' discretion
- No memes, reposts under 6 months, or URL shorteners (bitly, owly, etc.)
- Please report anything that violates any of the above
Anything I can do?
- Check out #SOSBrutalism, a growing database of 700+ brutalist buildings and a campaign to save our beloved concrete monsters
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20:31 UTC
The Washington D.C. Metro
Perhaps, the best example of Brutalism.
00:57 UTC
Thought this summed up the sub...
(about the Barbican, London)
20:20 UTC
Space House, London
I love this place, you can really see the inspiration for non brutalist modern architecture from it, places like the Gherkin.
I have some more photos here - www.londonisbrutal.com/space-house
18:40 UTC
Auditorio Nacional MX
22:53 UTC
Shout out to the most famous Brutalist structure to a certain age group… SFU’s Burnaby Mountain campus.
The default setting for sci-fi and X-Files type shows for Vancouver’s 90’s ‘Hollywood North’ era.
20:06 UTC
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver CO
06:04 UTC
Zenica, Bosnia
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22:21 UTC
Why do you love brutalism?
Hi all! So a few weeks ago I discovered this sub.
After seeing a lot of photos of brutalism, both as architecture and interior design, I just fell in love with it.
Friends have asked me why I love it and I just don’t have words to describe it. I guess it would be that I love the potential? Like the building or room could look like anything, but there’s also the guidelines of functionality and concrete. Does that make sense?
I’m curious if others feel the same way? So that’s my question, why do you love brutalism?
19:42 UTC
Neo-brutalism?
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IFI Airsoft, Velence
20:57 UTC
Why do brutalism architecture looks a certain way?
A Brutalist architecture building
As seen in the photo, the windows are quite small, there are more walls then windows which is very weird. For some reason this choice really make me love that style of architecture. When i walk around some parts of my city- i see some communist-era flats without almost no windows on some walls and parts, like something that isn't suppose to be there, more like monument or fortress then anything meant for living, quite weird isn't it?
16:21 UTC
Condominiums in Massachusetts
Saw at work. Pretty sweet
21:09 UTC
Hilton Hotel, Istanbul
17:42 UTC
Denim Brutalism by Ceren Arslan
Read an interview with spatial designer Ceren Arslan and wanted to share this here cause I thought it was quite cool. What do you guys think about such concepts?
10:36 UTC
Severance on Apple+, anyone agree?
The vibe and many shots of the building and campus, all told. Can’t wait for second season.
03:16 UTC
Balfron Tower
My last post got taken down?
Just wanted to say I love this subreddit/community/ group of strangers. Every time I post it's only positive feedback. Loads of other subreddits are vile but this is a lovely place to be.
My Brutalist project of London is here - www.londonisbrutal.com
And if you wanna follow us on insta - @londonisbrutal_
Love seeing all your photos and hope to visit the countries that are featured and photograph the amazing buildings.
17:27 UTC
Ken apartments [OC]
Park West, Chicago, IL
09:59 UTC
Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany)
Building for the humanities (building GB as seen from building GA) . Most rooms at the higher floors are offices, the lower floors are predominantly for teaching
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