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Trick or Treat! This expressively shaped building is named Toblerone (after the Swiss chocolate brand) not only because of its brownish color but above all because of its pointed overhanging oriels which evoke associations with the bars covered with chocolate spikes. A real treat! Rista Sekerinski: Residential Building Toblerone Belgrade Serbia 1963 http://sosbrutalism.org/cms/16412141 Photos: Vedar Cvetanovic 2019
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Little fun fact about this one: In 1988 the building triggered an architectural debate when Prince Charles said it was a clever way of building a nuclear power station in the middle of London without anyone objecting. Denys Lasdun: National Theatre London Great Britain 19671976 http://www.sosbrutalism.org/cms/15888781 Photos: Susanne Saker 2017 / Michal Dzierza 2012 (CC BY-NC 2.0)
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Lina Bo Bardis São Paulo Museum of Art was completed in 1968 but only in 1990 parts of the massive concrete structure were painted red what contributes to the unique character of the building today. Lina Bo Bardi: Sao Paulo Museum of Art Sao Paulo Brazil 19571968 http://www.sosbrutalism.org/cms/18861221 Photo: The Photographer 2015
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Super exciting: With its large sloping roofs and terraces the Residential Development Banjica attempts to blend a huge mass housing complex with 4500 units into a sloping landscape. Aleksandar Stjepanović / Slobodan Drinjaković / Branislav Karadžić: Residential Development Banjica Belgrade Serbia 19711984 http://sosbrutalism.org/cms/16412173 Photos: Vedar Cvetanovic 2019
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Brutalism is dreary and grey? Not at all! This brutalist swimming pool is painted in blue and orange which should represent the healthy human being orange as a symbol for vitality and blue for tranquillity. GeierGeier / Otto Herbert Hajek: Kurbad Königstein Königstein im Taunus Germany 19701977 http://www.sosbrutalism.org/cms/17686130 Photos: Hans-Curt Koster 2014 (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE) / Photo: S. Rothe 2014
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These creative water towers are designed by the Swedish architect Sune Lindström who after a few successful projects in Sweden simply exported his tower designs to the Middle East. VBB (Sune Lindström): Water Towers Kuwait City Kuwait 19651976 http://www.sosbrutalism.org/cms/18741668 Photos: Courtesy of ArkDes The Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design
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I always want to make an inventive leap said Austrian architect Josef Lackner about his architectural designs. Was he also talking about this expressive church in Vienna? Possibly yes! Josef Lackner: Maria Annunciation (Maria Verkündigung) Glanzing Vienna Austria 19691970 http://sosbrutalism.org/cms/18876154 Photos: Carmen Hötsch 2019
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This laboratory complex gets its colour from adding reddish sand to the concrete. Beautiful how the building fits into the landscape of the Rocky Mountains right? Ieoh Ming Pei: Mesa Laboratory National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Boulder Colorado USA 19611966 http://sosbrutalism.org/cms/15891467 Photos: Tom Ross 2018
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According to a study by the Institute of Architecture and Urban & Spatial Planning of Serbia this building does not follow the basic principles of Brutalism namely that the primary construction is displayed on the façade. This is because the concrete skeleton is partially encased in artificial stone! Nevertheless the building is considered an important early example of Serbian Brutalism. Milorad Macura: Military Geographical Institute 19501954 http://sosbrutalism.org/cms/19565883 Photos: Vedar C
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This building has held up well hasnt it? In fact the tower which was completed in 1965 as one of the tallest television towers in the world was completely destroyed by a NATO bombing during the Kosovo War. It was rebuilt from 2006 to 2009. Uglješa Bogdanović: Avala Tower Belgrade Serbia 19611965 http://sosbrutalism.org/cms/19580215 Photos: Vedar Cvetanovic 2019
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These housing complexes were formerly called bunk beds. Why? Because for a long time the stair-like terraced buildings had no supply services such as stores or cafés. As a result the residents actually only came there to sleep. Milenija Marušić / Darko Marušić / Milan Miodragović: Residential Blocks 6164 19781986 http://www.sosbrutalism.org/cms/16412155 Photos: Vedar Cvetanovic 2019
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A brutalist residential complex with individual gardens? Darbourne & Darke questioned many aspects of the anonymous high-rise blocks that were common at the time and instead designed this only eight-storey complex with maisonette flats for families and a roof street for urban gardening. Darbourne John William and Darke / Geoffrey James: Marquess Road Estate London Great Britain 1970 http://www.sosbrutalism.org/cms/15889409 Photo: Des Hill 1997
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Also this giant planted megastructure with all its stairs and terraces has something of a fortress but it seems sooner or later it will be overgrown by nature. Antonio Cortés Ferrando: Espai Verd Valencia Spain 19831994 http://www.sosbrutalism.org/cms/16270535 Photos: r2hox 2014 (CC BY-SA 2.0) / Johanbanjo 2014 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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This impressive Minnesota University building with castle-vibes seems to literally swallow the small-scale surrounding buildings. Cerny and Associates / HGA / Setter Leach & Lindstrom: Malcolm Moos Health Sciences Tower University of Minnesota Minneapolis Minnesota19711974 http://sosbrutalism.org/cms/19565691 Photos: AlexiusHoratius 2012 (CC BY-SA 3.0) / Jon Platek 2012 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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