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Secretariat Building, Chandigarh, India, part of UNESCO World Heritage site

Brutalism is an architectural style that spawned from the modernist architectural movement and which flourished from the 1950s to the 1970s. The following list provides numerous examples of this architectural style worldwide.

List of notable brutalist structures

The list is organised in chronological order with name of structure, location, architect(s), and year(s) constructed.

1950s

Torre Velasca, Milan, Italy

1960–1964

Litchfield Towers, United States
Tricorn Centre, United Kingdom

1965–1969

Habitat 67, Montreal, Canada
Preston Bus Station, United Kingdom
Churchill College, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Hillman Library, Pittsburgh, United States
Boston City Hall, United States
Tanghalang Pambansa, Manila, Philippines
Majdanek concentration camp, Poland
Pirelli Tire Building, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

1970–1974

Huygens & Tappe, design. 110 Congdon St Providence RI, built between 1970-1974
Llewellyn Hall, Canberra, Australia
Singapore Power Building, Singapore
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC (1974)
Balfron Tower, London
Lester B. Pearson Building, Ottawa
Lawrence Public Library (Massachusetts)
Buffalo City Court Building, Buffalo
Birmingham Central Library
Carandiru (São Paulo Metro), Brazil
Friedenskirche Baumberg

1975–1979

Royal National Theatre
Hubert H. Humphrey Building
Dallas City Hall
Richardson Building, University of Otago

1980–present

Genex Tower, Belgrade
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
National Library of the Argentine Republic, Buenos Aires

Other structures

L'Enfant Plaza, Washington, D.C.

See also

  • Panel building – many of which are large and constructed of bare concrete panels.
  • Panelák – a panel building constructed of pre-fabricated, pre-stressed concrete which may resemble brutalist structures.
  • Plattenbau – as above but in Germany

Notes

  1. ^ Craigdarroch Residences (1964–67)
  2. ^ Showley, Roger. "The 'Q' is OK, its architect says," The San Diego Union-Tribune, Friday, November 6, 2015.
  3. ^ Schmitt Academic Center (SAC) – DePaul University.
  4. ^ Schmitt Academic Center – Chicago Brutalism.
  5. ^ Landsdown Residences
  6. ^ http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/fpcp_mp/61/
  7. ^ Downtown Joliet has style – many of them
  8. ^ "New brutalism: Constantin Brodzki's Brussels HQ is up for renovation by Fosbury & Sons". Wallpaper*. 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  9. ^ Explaining a Building with Brutal Design
  10. ^ "Biographical" Sketch in Woollen, Molzan and Partners, Inc. Architectural Records, ca. 1912–2011. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society. 2017. See also: Mary Ellen Gadski, "Woollen, Molzan and Partners" in David J. Bodenhamer and Robert G. Barrows, eds. (1994). The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. pp. 1453–54. ISBN 0-253-31222-1. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  11. ^ Hellenic National AudioVisual Archive, The Opening of the new Athenian School of Theology building, Duration: 00:04:03:23 – 00:04:51:06
  12. ^ Setiap Gedung. "Intiland Tower Surabaya (terbaru 23 Juni 2020)". setiapgedung.web.id. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  13. ^ Queenan, Joe (January 25, 2008). "All of America, and Parking Too". The New York Times.

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