As its name signifies, Eco-Brutalism is Brutalist architecture that combines greenery with raw concrete facades. It indicates that nature can never be replaced and can always be placed beautifully in…
What Le Corbusier, B.V. Doshi, Louis Kahn, Oscar Niemeyer, Moshe Safdie, Paul Rudolph, and Alison and Peter Smithson have in common is the fact that they all practiced Brutalist architecture.…
True, all trends are indirect, and what was formerly considered old and obsolete is getting new and ultramodern again through fashion, music, art, and, overall, armature. From the mid-20th century,…
When the British Raj ended on the Indian subcontinent, Bangladeshi architect Muzharul Islam said, “Independence brings in the greatest opportunity for a nation to express its thoughts, talent and energy….…
The early 1950s marked the beginning of the post-war era. The aftermath of the lethal war was characterized by substantial casualties, dwindling economies, and the mass destruction of cities. The…
Brutalism is harsh, rough, geometric, and the single most discordant architectural movement, calling to mind massive concrete spaceships – and nobody did it better than the Soviets. Some people say…
In the mid-20th century, a wave of concrete fortresses spread from Western Europe to the rest of the world. With their emphasis on imposing forms and raw materials, this style…
Architecture is the art and science of designing buildings and has always played a key role in the perceptions of people with its design, spaces, forms and built environment. It…
Architects make for some of the most intriguing protagonists in literature and cinema. Their depiction typically portrays them as outwardly ambitious, confident, and driven individuals, yet inwardly conflicted and troubled…
3 years ago, we decided to buy a house and although our first idea was to buy an apartment in the city center of Valencia, we were deeply in love…
The Barbican Estate is one of London’s most famous pieces of architecture. It is one of the largest brutalist builds in the world, but the structure is contrasted with an…
The Platform, 2019, director Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s debut feature, is a potent allegory for power dynamics, societal hierarchy, and human behaviour. The film acts as a case study exploring this societal…