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Brutalism
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How Dune and Poor Things Rely on Architecture History
This year's sci-fi and fantasy blockbusters are the latest in an ongoing relationship between architecture and science fiction.
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Brutalism is Echoing in Contemporary Furnishings
Product designers are drawing on the historic architectural style to inform visionary seating, surfaces, and lighting.
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Projects
Hacker Architects Brings a Brutalist Public Library into the 21st Century
In Salem, Oregon, designers and residents came together to save the Salem Public Library, a concrete and glass structure designed by George Rockrise and Donald Richardson in 1970.
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An Icon of Brutalist Architecture Gets a Second Life as a Hotel
The Hotel Marcel reimagines Marcel Breuer’s Armstrong Rubber Company headquarters as a hyper-sustainable hospitality destination.
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As Gottfried Böhm Turns 100, an Exhibition Foregrounds His Concrete Religious Architecture
Kicking off the nationwide celebrations, Böhm100 in Frankfurt presents the Pritzker Prize–winner's 1968 Neviges Cathedral in western Germany.
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For a Time, Josep Lluís Sert’s Brawny Buildings Defined Modern Boston
Through his campus work, Sert left an incredible built legacy on the Boston area. But his building have taken some getting used to.
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Projects
This Hotel in Brisbane Blends Brutalism and Tropical Splendor
Architecture firm Richards & Spence avoided local stereotypes at The Calile Hotel in Brisbane by taking its cues from the climate.
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A Brutalist Landmark and Skateboarding Mecca in London Is Restored
The Southbank Centre's famous Undercroft was a global destination for skateboarders, though it was threatened by closure and decay.
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Viewpoints
10 Buildings That Helped Define Modernism in New York City
The story of architectural Modernism in New York City goes beyond the familiar touchstones of Lever House and the Seagram Building.
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A Brutalist House in São Paulo Gets a Modern Refresh
Tucked within the chaotic urban fabric of São Paulo, this concrete home designed in the late 1970s was revived by architect Marcio Kogan of local firm Studio MK27.
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The Women Who Built Socialist Yugoslavia
The contributions of these female architects, designers, and planners to the postwar state are told in an excerpt from the Museum of Modern Art's Toward a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948–1980
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The Smithsons’ Brutalist Tower is Restored in London
Embedded within a posh district, the Smithsons' renewed Economist Building aims to give back public space—but can it?
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London’s Hayward Gallery Caps Off Renovation with Striking Andreas Gursky Retrospective
After an extensive two-year renovation, the Modernist landmark has been restored to its original Brutalist glory.
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MoMA Announces Major Exhibition Dedicated to Yugoslavia’s Daring, but Overlooked, Architecture
The show, to open this July, will focus on the former country's considerable postwar architectural legacy.
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Hiroshi Sugimoto to Lead Renovations to Hirshhorn Museum Lobby
The celebrated Japanese artist will oversee the restoration—the museum's first since the Gordon Bunshaft–designed building opened 42 years ago.
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Publicity Stunt? “Working-Class Theme Park?” Questions Loom for the V&A’s Three-Story Robin Hood Gardens Fragment
The Victoria & Albert Museum is preserving a three-story chunk of the Peter and Allison Smithson–designed Robin Hood Gardens housing project.
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LED-Powered “Waterfall” Transforms Brutalist Tower in Madison
Hundreds of LED nodes were used to power Electric Waterfall, a lighting installation that activated the drab facade of a local eyesore.
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Croxton Collaborative Architects Revives a Brutalist Building at SUNY New Paltz
The 1967 Wooster Science Building's new glass and terra-cotta facade, grand staircase, and glazed cantilever have revitalized the structure.
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How England’s Brutalist Buildings Are Getting Second Lives
While many Brutalist buildings may have outlived the purposes they were originally intended for, their generosity of space and solidity of construction can make them perfect for adapting to residential use.
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25 Architecture and Design Books to Read This Spring
From wood structures to urban spaces, here are the books Metropolis editors recommend for your reading list or book club this season.