List of brutalist structures

Brutalism is an architectural style that spawned from the modernist architectural movement and which flourished from the 1950s to the 1970s. The following list provides numerous examples of this architectural style worldwide.

List of notable brutalist structures

::"The list is organised in chronological order with name of structure, location, architect(s), and year(s) constructed."

1950s

* Unité d'Habitation de Marseille (Cité Radieuse), Marseille, France (Le Corbusier, 1952)
* Smithdon High School (formerly Hunstanton Secondary Modern School), Norfolk, UK (Peter and Alison Smithson, 1954)

1960s

* Sainte Marie de La Tourette, Lyon, France (Le Corbusier, 1960)
* Park Hill, Sheffield, UK (Ivor Smith/Jack Lynn, 1961)
* Council House, Perth, Western Australia (Howlett and Bailey Architects, 1962)
* Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (Le Corbusier, 1962)
* Yale Art & Architecture Building, New Haven, Connecticut (Paul Rudolph, 1963)
* Tricorn Centre, Portsmouth, UK (Owen Luder, 1964)"(demolished 2004)"
* Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Knoxville Branch, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Paul Schweikher, 1965)
* University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Massachusetts (Paul Rudolph)
* St. Peter's Seminary, Cardross, UK (Gillespie, Kidd & Coia 1966)
* Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Harry Weese, 1966-69
* The Ohio Historical Center, Columbus, Ohio, (W.Byron Ireland & Associates, 1966)
* Buckinghamshire County Hall, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK (Frederick B. Pooley, 1966)
* Northwestern University Library, Evanston Il, (Walter Netsch, 1966-70)
* Habitat '67, 1967 World's Fair, Montreal, Canada (Moshe Safdie, 1967)
* Morris A. Mechanic Theater, Baltimore, Maryland, (John M. Johansen, 1967)
* Orange County Government Center, Goshen, New York (Paul Rudolph, 1967)
* Preston Bus Station Preston UK (Keith Ingham/Charles Wilson/1968-69)
* Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room, London, UK (Hubert Bennett/Jack Whittle 1967)
* Tower House, Tokyo, Japan, (Takamitsu Azuma, 1967)
* The Trinity Centre Multi-Storey Car Park, aka "The Get Carter Carpark", Gateshead, UK (Owen Luder, 1964-69)
* Rochdale College, Toronto, Ontario, (Elmar Tampõld & John Wells, 1968)
* Hayward Gallery, London, UK (Hubert Bennett/Jack Whittle, 1968)
* Andrew Melville Hall, St Andrews, UK, James Stirling (architect) (1968)
* Finsbury Estate, London (1968)
* Lovett College, Rice University, Houston, Texas, (1968)
* Math and Computer Science Building, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, (1968)
* The Barbican, London, UK (1969)
* Boston City Hall, Boston, Massachusetts (Kallmann, McKinnell & Knowles/Campbell, Aldrich & Nulty, 1969)
* Geisel Library, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California (William Pereira, late 1960s)
* George L. Mosse Humanities Building, University of Wisconsin, Madison (late 1960s)

1970s

* Classical High School, Providence, Rhode Island 1970
* Lauinger Library, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (John Carl Warnecke, 1970)
* Leeds International Pool, Leeds, UK, (John Poulson, 1970)
* Pimlico School, London, UK (John Bancroft, 1967-70)
* Hyde Park Barracks, London, United Kingdom, (Sir Basil Spence, 1970)
* Regenstein Library, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (Walter Netsch, 1970)
* National Carillon, Canberra, Australia (Cameron, Chisholm & Nicol, 1970)
* Government Service Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Paul Rudolph, 1962-71
* Sciences Library (Brown University), Providence, Rhode Island (1971)
* Trellick Tower and Balfron Tower, London, UK (Ernő Goldfinger, 1971-72)
* Bobst Library, New York University, New York, (Philip Johnson, Richard Foster,)
* New Haven Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut (Kevin Roche / John Dinkeloo & Associates, 1972) (demolished 2006/2007)
* Manitoba Theatre Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Number Ten Architectural Group, 1972)
* Cameron Offices, Canberra, Australia (John Andrews, 1972)
* Robin Hood Gardens, London, UK (Peter and Alison Smithson, 1972)
* Centre National de la Danse, Paris, 1972
* Clifton Cathedral, Bristol, UK (Percy Thomas Partnership, 1970-73)
* Perth Concert Hall, Perth, Western Australia, (Howlett and Bailey Architects, 1973)
* School of Oriental and African Studies Percy Building, University of London, London, UK (Sir Denys Lasdun, 1973)
* Hannah Playhouse, Wellington, New Zealand (James Beard (architect), 1973)
* John P. Robarts Research Library, Toronto, Canada (A.S. Mathers and E.J. Haldenby, 1973)
* Riverside Plaza, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Ralph Rapson, 1973)
* Philippine International Convention Center, (Manila, Philippines Leandro V. Locsin, 1973)
* AT&T Long Lines Building, New York, NY (John Carl Warnecke, 1974)
* J. Edgar Hoover Building, Washington, D.C. (C.F. Murphy, 1974)
* Buffalo City Court Building, Buffalo, NY (1974)
* Birmingham Central Library, Birmingham, UK (John Madin, 1974)
* Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (Kevin Roche, 1975)
* City of Fall River Government Center, Fall River, Massachusetts, (1976)
* Folsom Library, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York,(Pierik Quinlivan & Krause), (1976)
* Freeway Park, Seattle, Washington, (Lawrence Halprin, 1972–1976)
* 50 Queen Anne's Gate (former Home Office building), London, UK (Fitzroy Robinson & Partners, with Sir Basil Spence, 1976)
* Royal National Theatre, London, UK (Sir Denys Lasdun, 1976)
* Bedford Way building, University of London, London, UK (Sir Denys Lasdun, 1977)
* Sampson House, Southwark, London, UK (Fitzroy Robinson & Partners 1976-79)

1980-present

* High Court building, Canberra, Australia (Edwards Madigan Torzillo and Briggs, 1980)
* Tower building, University Of Technology, Sydney, Australia
* Genex Tower, Belgrade, Serbia (Mihajlo Mitrovic, 1980)
* Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban (Dhaka National Assembly), Dhaka, Bangladesh (Louis Kahn, 1982 (designed 1962))

See also

""'Ohio Historical Society

References

* Romy Golan, [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0422/is_2_85/ai_104208984/pg_1 Historian of the Immediate Future: Reyner Banham - Book Review] , "The Art Bulletin", June 2003. Accessed online at FindArticles 23 October 2006.

External links

* [http://www.ontarioarchitecture.com/Brutalist.htm Ontario Architecture: Brutalism]
* [http://www.open2.net/modernity/inner_frameset.htm From Here to Modernity] includes many Brutalist examples
* [http://www.sarahjduncan.com/brutalism.html Sarah J. Duncan] photos of brutalist structures
* [http://newbrutalism.awardspace.co.uk The New Brutalism] Brutalist architecture in the UK
*Charles Mudede, " [http://www.thestranger.com/2002-08-22/feature.html Topography of Terror] ", "The Stranger (newspaper)" (Seattle), Vol 11 No. 49, August 22–August
* [http://www.arcaid.co.uk Arcaid] includes Brutalist examples
* [http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=168312 The Tricorn in Lego]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=vnDbrtSRJV8 Artistic Interpretation of Brutalist Architecture]
* [http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/glossary/definition.jsp?entryId=58 Tate Gallery Glossary entry for "Brutalism"]
* [http://www.flickr.com/groups/82971046@N00/pool/ Brutalist Architecture photo pool at flickr]
* [http://www.flickr.com/groups/paulrudolph/pool/ Paul Rudolph photo pool at flickr]
* [http://www.carnegielibrary.org/locations/knoxville/ Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Knoxville Branch]