Sentences with phrase «brutalist concrete»

OK, brutalist concrete buildings are not the current rage, but there is a lot of embodied energy in that concrete, and enough of it that the building could last forever.

You may not like big box buildings from an aesthetic perspective — I hate to say it but I'd prefer a whole city of Brutalist concrete architecture over a bunch of steel framed big boxes — but they sure do have a lot of roof surface area suitable for solar power.

(The show's title could have applied to the Hayward itself, a famously eccentric building in Brutalist concrete on the Thames, which one critic called «a cross between a Second World War gun emplacement and an Inca temple.»)

The city itself is super eclectic, even walking around the city centre you can see the great contrast between some really wonderfully experimental new buildings, and their brutalist concrete counterparts, nestled in between areas like the Chinese Quarter, and also the remnants of Birmingham's more industrial past with tons of great old warehouse spaces, some of which have been repurposed into really interesting places.

The residence combined an array of rotating structures, suspended prefab modules and kinetic elements in a masterful use of Brutalist concrete aesthetics.

They filed into the brutalist concrete auditorium known as The Egg and listened to speeches and videos touting the governor's stewardship and the state's tremendous economic progress.

Downtown Albany is already scarred by the Empire State Plaza, a white marble fortress of bureaucracy that Nelson Rockefeller conceived to replace an entire neighborhood with sleek, slender towers, a sterile concourse and a curious, brutalist concrete auditorium.

Not exact matches

Rather, this group of about 45 women and a few men are set to embark on a full - blown architectural tour of London's most famous brutalist landmarks and modernist social housing estates, finishing with lunch at the Isokon building, a white concrete block designed by architect Wells Coates.

The set is that of a gorgeously brutalist tower block with, presumably fake, cast concrete inside and out.

For example, Gassner designed harder - looking Brutalist architecture (concrete blocks with sharp edges) and Spinners (flying police vehicles), as well as a seawall to prevent total flooding.

Despite its reputation for grey concrete and unloved brutalist architecture, the cityscape has evolved significantly in recent years, with the addition of iconic buildings such as Selfridges department store, Beetham Tower and the stunning new Library of Birmingham.

The board - formed concrete walls, troweled ceilings and scored floors are again a brutalist gray and the drywall partitions white, forming a neutral container for art.

Love these concrete monolithic buildings or hate them the artist and photographer Simon Phipps is ready to challenge all your preconceptions of the Brutalist building in his solo exhibition in London: BÉTON BRUT.

The Smithsons were some of the most important architects in post-war Britain and are often associated with the Brutalist Movement, which focuses on the use of concrete and repetitive forms often used in large housing blocks.

In Laura Buckley's film projections, kaleidoscopic footage of a Brutalist towerblock turns industrial concrete into light sculpture.

Cast in concrete it loses none of that simplicity and also becomes both statuesque and wonderfully reminiscent of the richness of cast concrete on brutalist architecture.»

Setting the tone for severity, the artist commandeered the Brutalist ambience of the gray, cinderblock - enclosed courtyard adjacent to the gallery entrance with a prominently placed, bodily scaled, faux - concrete - and - asphalt work from 1994, Cell with Conduit, thrust several inches out from the wall by a hefty steel armature.

Regular commuters on Interstate 95 who drive by New Haven are accustomed to the sight of the imposing concrete structure hovering over the surrounding landscape like a giant Brutalist spaceship.

«Brutal London by Zupagrafika is a playful journey through London's post-war brutalist architecture that allows the readers to construct some of the most interesting and controversial concrete structures while learning about their place in the city's architectural history.

Brutalist architecture not only distinguishes itself through an expressive application of concrete but through a distinct social element; brutalist architecture stands for social housing, municipal educational establishments, cultural centers, and univBrutalist architecture not only distinguishes itself through an expressive application of concrete but through a distinct social element; brutalist architecture stands for social housing, municipal educational establishments, cultural centers, and univbrutalist architecture stands for social housing, municipal educational establishments, cultural centers, and universities.

And it is not any old architecture that is being distantly evoked, but, specifically, the concrete minimalism of the brutalists.

This important survey is published to accompany an exhibition at London's Hayward Gallery, in which Neto reimagines the gallery's concrete spaces and brutalist architecture with a new site - specific commission and a number of new sculptural works.

an old, concrete - brutalist church built by architect Werner Düttmann in the 1960s, which took years of renovation.

The owner of the building is Chicago institution Northwestern University, which intends to demolish the unique brutalist building, composed of a nine - story concrete cloverleaf tower cantilevered over a rectangular five - story podium.

With its concrete facade, it has been likened to a peacock or called «Fort Book» and has been praised or derided as brutalist architecture.»