After The Brutalist: our readers name their favourite brutalist buildings

From London’s Barbican to Berlin’s Corbusierhaus, urban concrete edifices continue to inspire us – whether they be art spaces, apartment blocks or even car parksModernist architecture enthusiasts hope The Brutalist, the film nominated for 10 Oscars about a fictional architect, will help revive interest in 20th-century brutalist heritage – and stimulate people to protect buildings under threat from demolition.Hundreds of people got in touch with the Guardian to share their most-loved structures from the brutalist era, which saw its UK heyday roughly from the 1950s to 1970s. Continue reading...

Feb 3, 2025 - 19:19
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After The Brutalist: our readers name their favourite brutalist buildings

From London’s Barbican to Berlin’s Corbusierhaus, urban concrete edifices continue to inspire us – whether they be art spaces, apartment blocks or even car parks

Modernist architecture enthusiasts hope The Brutalist, the film nominated for 10 Oscars about a fictional architect, will help revive interest in 20th-century brutalist heritage – and stimulate people to protect buildings under threat from demolition.

Hundreds of people got in touch with the Guardian to share their most-loved structures from the brutalist era, which saw its UK heyday roughly from the 1950s to 1970s. Continue reading...