The Case for Brutalist Architecture

Brutalist Buildings ;

1. MANULIFE CENTRE
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Architects : Clifford and Lawrie Architects
2. UNITÉ D‘HABITATION
Marseilie, France
Architects : Le Corbusier & Nadir Alfonso
3. GENEX TOWER
Belgrade, Serbia
Architects : Mihajilo Mitrovic
4. PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Architects : Libling Michener & Associates
5. SESC POMPEIA
São Paolo Brazil
Architects : Lina do Bardi
6. BEERSHEBA CITY HALL
Beersheba, Israel
Architects : Shulamit Nadler, Michael Nadler, Shmuel Bixon, Moshe Gil
7. KYOTO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER
Kyoto, Jepan
Architects : Sachio Otani
8. PERTH CONCERT HALL
Perth, Australia
Architects : Howlett and Bailey Architects
9. RYERSON UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Brutal : Crude, Harsh

Béton Brut : Raw Concrete

1. 222 JARVIS STREET

2. Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Architects : Maxwell Miller and WZMH Architects (2011 Retrofit)
3. MEDICAL SCIENCES BUILDING
University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Architects : Peter Goering
4. BOSTON CITY HALL PLAZA
Boston, MA, USA
Architects : Kallmann McKinnell & Knowless
5. BIRMINGHAM CENTRAL LIBRARY
Birmingham, UK (Demolished)
Architects : John Madin
6. PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada completed in 1995
Architects : Libling Michener & Associates
7. HAYWARD GALERRY
London, UK completed in 1998
Architects : Norman Engleback, Ron Herron & Warren Chalk
8. PALACE GARNIER
Paris, France completed in 1997
Architects : Charles Garnier
9. BAUHAUS DESSAU
Dessau, Germany completed in 1992
Architects : Walter Gropius
10. SEAGRAM BUILDING
New Work City
Architects : Mies Van der Rohe & Philip Johnson
11. HABITAT 67
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Architects : Moshe Safdie
 Project was initially government funded, now privately owned
12. BARCELONA PAVILLION
Barcelona, Spain
Mies van der Rohe
13. VILLA SAVOYE
Poissy, France
Architects : Le Corbusier

 CIVIL OFFICE SPACES

 MAYOR OFFICE & COUNCIL CHAMBER
 PUBLIC AREAS

WE HAVE REACTED AGAINST AN ARCHITECTURE THAT IS ABSOLUTE,

UNINVOLVED AND ABSTRACT. WE HAVE MOVED TOWARDS AN ARCHITECTURE
THAT IS SPECIFIC AND CONCRETE, INVOLVING ITSELF WITH THE SOCIAL AND
GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT… RATHER THAN AN UNCOMMITED ABSTRACT
STRUCTURE THAT COULD BE ANY PLACE…
WITHOUT IDENTITY OR PRESENCE.

GERHARD KALLMAN

14. ROYAL NATIONAL THEATRE

London, UK
Architects : Denys Lasdun
15. MET BREUER
(Formerly Whitney Museum) New Work City
Architects : Marcel Breuer

“THE MOST DISLIKE BUILDING IN THE CITY”

 “THOUGHTFUL PLANNING AND SENSITIVE ARTISTRY IN THE USE OF MATERIALS”
“MUSEUM RAISED TO THE LEVEL OF ARCHITECTURAL ART”

16. MAXXI MUSEUM

Rome, Italy completed in 2010
Architects : Zaha Hadid Architects
17. THERME VALS
Vals, Switzerland completed in 1996
Architects : Peter Zumthor

I DON‘T DESIGN NICE BUILDINGS – I DON‘T LIKE THEM …

I LIKE ARCHITECTURE TO HAVE SOME RAW, VITAL, EARTHY QUALITY.