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.

• 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)
• 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)
• Yale Art & Architecture Building, New Haven, Connecticut (Paul Rudolph, 1963)
• Tricorn Centre, Portsmouth, UK (Owen Luder, 1964)(demolished 2004)
• 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)
• Liverpool Law School, England, UK, completed 1966.
• Habitat '67, 1967 World's Fair, Montreal, Canada (Moshe Safdie, 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, (Tampold & 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)
• Lovett College, Rice University, Houston, Texas, (1969)
• 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
• 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)
• 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)
• J. Edgar Hoover Building, Washington, D.C. (C.F. Murphy, 1974)
• Birmingham Central Library, Birmingham, UK (John Madin, 1974)
• 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)
• 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

Category:Brutalist structures Knowlton Hall, Ohio State Campus, Columbus Ohio

References

• Romy Golan, Historian of the Immediate Future: Reyner Banham - Book Review, The Art Bulletin, June 2003. Accessed online at FindArticles 23 October 2006.

External links

• Ontario Architecture: Brutalism
• From Here to Modernity includes many Brutalist examples
• Sarah J. Duncan photos of brutalist structures
• The New Brutalism Brutalist architecture in the UK
• Charles Mudede, "Topography of Terror", The Stranger (newspaper) (Seattle), Vol 11 No. 49, August 22–August
• Arcaid includes Brutalist examples
• The Tricorn in Lego
• Artistic Interpretation of Brutalist Architecture
• Tate Gallery Glossary entry for "Brutalism"
• Brutalist Architecture photo pool at flickr
• Paul Rudolph photo pool at flickr