Following on from his video about Robin Hood Gardens Jago Hazard moves onto Erno Goldfinger’s towers, the first of which is Balfron Tower
and to save you having to look any further, here’s the second video where he looks at Trellick Tower:
Image of Balfron Tower by Sebastian F
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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