#SOSBrutalism

The Brunel University in London offers a Film Studies program. The Brutalist Lecture Centre by Sheppard, Robson and Employees / John Heywood houses not only general lecture halls and seminar rooms; also the Media Services TV Studio for the students' photographic, video and multimedia projects is located here.

Sheppard, Robson and Employees / John Heywood: Brunel University Lecture Center, London, Great Britain, 1965–1967

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This Brutalist church building in France has already been repurposed—as a movie theater—barely 30 years after it was built.

Pierre Genton: L'Église Notre-Dame-de-Balmont (today Ciné Duchère Movie Theater), Lyon, France, 1965

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Not a cinema, but a Brutalist theater building that served as a film set:

Dan Dworsky: University Theater, California State University Dominguez Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1973–1979

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Constructed between 1968 and 1975, the Rossiya Cinema was the largest cinema in Armenia, accommodating 2500 visitors. The building features a cantilevered waffle slab structure similar to Kenzo Tange's Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium. However here it is being utilized twice to create a wing-like effect.

Spartak Khachikyan / Hrachik Poghosyan / Artur Tarkhanyan: Cinema Rossiya, Yerevan, Armenia, 1968–1975

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This week is dedicated to Brutalist buildings that house institutions where films are created and shown. The start is made by this Swedish project:

The 140-meter-long building of Filmhuset in Stockholm by architect Peter Celsing should resemble a camera, with the lens in the north. The exposed concrete façade consists of elements designed to look like filmstrips. Visitors have to ascend a long ramp to get to the main entrance. Inside the building are three cinemas, studios and two floors of office space.

Peter Celsing: Filmhuset, Stockholm, Sweden, 1968–1971

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In a forest glade of fir and cedar trees, adjacent to a reflecting pool, is the impressive building of the University of British Columbia's Museum of Anthropology situated. Combining exposed concrete construction with very large glass fronts, this building pays homage to the magnificent totem poles and massive longhouses of the indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest.

Arthur Erickson: Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 1971–1976 

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What an adventure to discover the Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur d'Alger in Algeria from the outside and the inside! 

Paul Herbé / Jean Le Couteur: Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur d'Alger, Algiers, Algeria, 1955–1963

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The Brutalism of this temple in Switzerland combines its raw materiality with clean lines and minimal embellishments. Favourite feature: the bell pavilion. What is yours?

Henri Beauclair / Marcel Taverney: Temple de Fontenay, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, 1963–1964 

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The playful use of textures and shapes equally plays a role in the design of the North Building by Perkins & Will / Roger Allen and Associates. References to Paul Rudolph cannot be denied.

Perkins & Will / Roger Allen and Associates: North Building (today: Peter and Pat Cook Academic Hall), Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, 1967–1971

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These protruding building elements with the recurring recess pattern are so characteristic of Centre National de Danse in Patin, France! 

 Jacques Kalisz / Emile Perrottet: Centre Administratif (today: Centre National de Danse), Pantin, France, 1963–1972 

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"The Saucer" in France was listed as a historic monument in 2019! 

Vissuzaine, Longuet, Rivière et Joly: Palais des Sports "La Soucoupe" ("The Saucer"), Saint-Nazaire, France, 1963–1970 

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Castiglioni repeatedly stressed the impoverished and honest character of the building. The emphasized structure however creates a sculptural appearance which is unusual for a school.

Enrico Castiglioni / Carlo Fontana / Oreste Viterbo / Ferdinando Cardani: Istituto Tecnico Industriale e Istituto Professionale di Stato, Busto Arsizio, Italy, 1959–1965 

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A sea of milk—this is the literal meaning of "Dudhsagar". Very lyrical name for this Brutalist dairy factory in India. 

Achyut P. Kanvinde: Dudhsagar Dairy Complex, Mehsana, India, 1970–1973

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Sometimes the best parts of a building are seen most clearly from above. This is the case with the CEANDE building in Lima, Peru. 

Manuel Llanos Jhon: CEANDE, Lima, Peru, ca. 1975 

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Impressive assembly hall by LC: 

Le Corbusier: Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh, India, 1950 

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This Brutalist residential house in Japan is a project from a completely different scale: 

Takamitsu Azuma: Tower House, Tokyo, Japan, 1966–1967

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On the occasion of Expo 67 in Montreal Safdie designed this landscape-like residential estate, consisting of 354 elements, as an exemplary project for new concepts of dwellings that drew on the insights of the Metabolists. 

Moshe Safdie: Habitat 67, Montreal, Canada, 1966–1967

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