How to Restore Glazing on a Brutalist Building
Glazed concrete can be a complicated material to restore, and it's present in many brutalist buildings.
Author: Henry Moss
The Materials and Building Components of Modern Buildings
Our most recent post on Debating the Value of Mid-Century Modern discussed the architect as multi-party advocate and mediator. It was the last in a series that explored the interactions among the stakeholders of these buildings and how original design…
What's It Take to Preserve a Brutalist Building?
Single-glazed curtain wall, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall (John Andrews, completed 1969). All photos courtesy Bruner/Cott Today we face the challenge of a divided voice among preservationists: There are those who have a long-held reverence of original materials and…
