Here’s a rather entertaining video about the use of Brutalist architecture in a video game, “Control” for PS4 and XBox1, that was released earlier this year. Whilst there is (as you would expect) discussion of the game itself, there is a good portion of the video that covers the question “What is Brutalism”.
If you are offended by bad language…there is some.
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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