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Looks as if it has grown out of the rock, this fortress-like boarding school complex designed by the Swiss post-war architect Otto Glaus, as wonderfully as the imposing exposed concrete building blends in with the steep slopes of the Swiss village of Chur. This project is the first of a whole series of brutalist “castles” that we want to present to you this week.

Otto Glaus: Konvikt der Kantonsschule, Chur, Switzerland, 1963–1969

http://www.sosbrutalism.org/cms/15891735

In July, we showed you the Church of the Immaculate Conception from Orșova with a cross-shaped skylight in the ceiling construction. Here, we found another example from Vienna with a similiar idea. This time, the cross-window reaches down the walls to the floor.

Johann Georg Gsteu: Oberbaumgartner Parish Church, Vienna, Austria, 1963–1965

http://sosbrutalism.org/cms/16448228

‘Felix-und-Regula-Kirche’, church Zürich-Hard, Zürich, Switzerland; 1950-51

Fritz Metzger, Martha Flüeler-Haefeli, Alfred Huber (photography by Bernhard Moosbrugger)

see map | more information 1, 2 | renovation

‘Pfarrzentrum Maria am Wege’, parish centre Windach, Landsberg, Bavaria, Germany; 1968-71

Josef Wiedemann (architect), Blasius Gerg (sculptor), Anton Staller (music organ), Max Raffler (calvary)

see map | more information 1, 2 | pictures

st. gertrud // köln neustadt nord

architect: gottfried böhm

completion: 1965

facade windows designed by gottfried böhm / heinz bienenfeld 1964

side window designed by fritz hans laufen 1968

gertrudenwindow designed by h. eck

Concrete campanile from Switzerland:

Ernst Gisel: Reformed Church Effretikon, Illnau-Effretikon, Switzerland, 1959–1961

http://sosbrutalism.org/cms/19183472

S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y! What a day! The cosplay bar has been raised, cleared, and is now well out of reach.

After playing an untitled Goose game with Captain Marvel, we came across an aesthetic, athleisure-clad Thanos, a couple of Ineffable Wives, some demons, spirits, vampires, and even some travellers all the way from Middle-Earth!