On my annual visit to Blackpool for the Rebellion Festival I popped out in the morning to have a look at the (now vacant) police station on Bonny Street.
Designed by the prolific Roger Booth, the Lancashire County Architect between 1962-83, he designed another (at least) 8 brutalist Police Stations in the Lancashire area during the late 60’s and 70’s
I made a (rather half-hearted post sometime ago about the brutalism at UEA Norwich campus. It poured on me all the time I was there
The Albert Sloman Library, located on the University of Essex campus in Colchester, UK, is a striking example of Brutalist architecture. Built in the 1970s,
On my annual visit to Blackpool for the Rebellion Festival I popped out in the morning to have a look at the (now vacant) police
This is Terminus House in Harlow. Built originally around 1975 and designed by Principal Architect J C Whitney of the Harlow Development Corporation this office
This is a pretty decent primer on what Brutalism is, it’s history, it’s fall and now, possibly, its rise again.
My (slow) restart of this project stutted on last Sunday when I visited the Worsley Medical and Dental Building in Leeds (on the University campus)
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as you enjoy the rebellion here i thought you might enjoy this
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/john-morrow-818359bb_httpslnkdindvkq9x4-activity-7042257772192706560-c1VW/
Nice one John – like it!