Bobigny’s brutalist Mairie by architects Marius Depont and Michel Holley. The Town Hall of Bobigny is a powerful example of French brutalist architecture, a bold statement in béton brut. Photo, thanks to @modarchitecture. More about Bobigny, www.greyscape.com/brutalist-bo... #betonbrut #brutalism

The bush hammered concrete of the Barbican responds to the sun #Barbican #modernism

Rear window meets Giacometti sculptures in the Barbican. A glimpse through the Barbican of the great Swiss sculptor’s works. With thanks to @barbican_city_of _London on Insta #Barbican #sculpture #Giacometti

The Nubuke Foundation is an important art and culture centre in Accra, Ghana. Its brutalist gallery, by Bärbel Müller and Jürgen Strohmayer is to champion Ghanaian arts, heritage and culture. Photo with thanks to @african_brutalism @images_darchitectures @nubuke_foundation

Who’s watching #Andor? On what planet is this? #StarWsrs

Palace of Culture and Science, from our hotel window, described when it was completed in 1955 as a ‘gift’ from the Soviet Union to the Polish people, however the locals described their gift somewhat differently, with the nickname ‘Stalin’s syringe’

The Slovak Radio Buikding, #Bratislava, two inverted pyramids by Štefan Svetkom Štefan Durkovič and Barnabáš Kissling. Image Oliver Skukalek @_oli001 Read more on Greyscape.com

The Hydrometeorological Service of the Republic of Macedonia, 1972–1975, architect Krsto Todorovski. Photo with thanks to @_karl_moab_ #brutalism #modernism #brutalisme #brutalismus #brutalismo #brutopolis #brutalista #brutalist #brutal_architecture #brutalarchitecture #brutal_architecture

Honour Eileen Gray, who wasn’t able to be an architect because she was a woman, she could design textiles instead. But she was a fabulous architect and Le Corbusier was deadly jealous see www.greyscape.com/cap-moderne-2/ #internationalwomensday #IWD #modernism

Somehow the Times forgot to mention that a great brutalist architect, Ernö agoldfinger designed for early years see www.greyscape.com/erno-goldfin... Photo Toy shop for Paul and Marjorie Abbatt Limited, 94 Wimpole Street, London. Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections

Corbusier’s 1954 Mill Owners Association Building, Ahmedabad. Its beauty lies in its sense of volume, light and raw concrete surfaces. Corbusier’s five points are noted, it a seems to float, pilotis make an open ground floor. Corbusier used a favourite, ramps to connect floors image John Gollings ©

Bookcase by Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999), French architect and designer who aimed to create functional living spaces in the belief that better design helps in creating a better society #WomensArt

We have the original architect’s model of the De La Warr Pavilion, on display in our Sargent Gallery. Sadly a number of the proposed features didn’t make it into the final build for reasons of cost. #Bexhill #Architecture

The fantastic and vibrant Center of Creative Arts, St Louis formerly the B’nai Amoona synagogue designed by Erich Mendlesohn whose De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill, you know we love. #modernism

The Barbican, our home, modernism, brutalism can work. bеtonbrut #betonarme #betonliebe #waschbeton #bushhammered #barbican #barbicanandbeyond #barbicanestate #barbicancentre #modernism

Would Corbusier have been wriggling in his cinema seat at the sight of ‘Villa Arpel’ in Jacques Tati’s 1958 film Mon Oncle? Created on a set with production designer Eugène Roman, Tati lampooned a particular class of post war aspiring fellow Frenchmen. Photo with thanks to @gilbertkann

Baba estate, Prague, like Wiesenhoff, experimental, aspirational, now loved What makes us modernists? Rejection of tradition? Belief in progress and Utopianism? Embrace of technology? Minimalism, simplicity? Do we need modernists now? #modernism #modernist #midmod #modernizm #nachkriegsmoderne

The Deutscher Werkbund’s Wiesenhof Estate, Stuttgart, 1927, a magnificent experiment to create affordable, decent housing for ordinary people. But instead of cheap prefabricated buildings they were costly. The Nazis loathed the modernism and said it looked like an Arab village - racists #modernism

The gifted and, sadly, late Zaha Hadid’s Port House, Antwerp. While preserving, respectfully, the original fires station Hadid added a bold addition that provides beautiful views of and from, every direction. #urban #urbanview #urbandesign #masterarchitect

The Barbican attracts many visitors, this one an elegant cormorant, here drying its wings against the angular backdrop of the waterfall #bushhammered #barbican #barbicanandbeyond #barbicanestate #barbicancentre #brutalism #brutalisme #brutalismus #brutalist #brutal_architecture #betonbrut

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For a 35 acre blitzed site in the heart of City, the Corporation of London had the vision and imagination to trust three young architects #barbican #barbicanestate #brutalism #brutalist #brutal_architecture #betonbrut #beton  #brutbeton #brutalarchitecture #betonliebe#brutal_architecture #Brutgroup

The beautiful and oh so fragile Eames House, Case Study No.8, in Pacific Palisades. #modernism #modernist #modernconcrete #midmod #modernistarchitecture #modernizm #midcenturystyle #moderno #modernarchitecture #muzeum #midcenturyarchitecture #postwar

You know its name and where it is (a long drive from Pittsburgh). “I want you to live with the waterfall, not just look at it…” www.greyscape.com/campaigns/fa... #franklloydwright #prairiestyle #modernism

What a staircase - definitely a Lubetkin, Cranbrook Estate masterarchitect #modernism #modernist #modernconcrete #midmod #modernistarchitecture #modernizm #midcenturystyle #moderno #modernarchitecture #midcenturyarchitecture #metropolis #modernistfacades #Modernismus #moderno #modernism

Wishing you a new year filled with inspiration and brilliant designs, peace and good health. #newyear #2025#modernism#buildings#concretedesign

The entrance lobby of Offenbach House, Roman Rd, E2, Skinner Bailey & Lubetkin. Staircase to follow #modernism #modernist #midmod #modernistarchitecture #modernizm #midcenturystyle #moderno #modernarchitecture

Pegli 3, Genoa’s social housing project with thanks to, on Insta, @joannlosito. Loved by photographers, pretty much everyone who doesn’t have to live there due to parsimony over maintenance - the old story. #balconies #buildings #brutalism #brutalismo #brutalista #brutalist #brutal_architecture

Our modern past recreated with die-cut pre-folded models to build. ‘…from iconic slabs of Sheffield’s Park Hill and London’s Trellick Tower, to the demolished Birmingham Central Library.’ £19.95 shop.greyscape.com/product/brut... #buildings #brutalism #brutopolis #brutalist #brutal_architecture

Where is this? Find out in Brutalist Italy photos by Roberto Conte @robiwan-65.bsky.social and Stefano Perego. Buy at Greyscape.com £17.75 #brutalist #brutalism #concrete #brutalisme #brutalismus #brutalismo #brutopolis #brutalista #brutalist #brutal_architecture

The beautiful bush hammered concrete of the #Barbican. Laborious hand crafting to create an exquisite surface bеtonbrut #betonarme #betonliebe #waschbeton #bushhammered #barbican #barbicanandbeyond #barbicanestate #barbicancentre #buildingstylegf

Kino International, Karl-Marx-Allee, Berlin, architects Josef Kaiser and Heinz Aust. 1963. Photographed during a terrific walkabout with @louis.volkmann #architecturephotography#igersberlin #berlinarchitecture #berlin #berlinphotography #berlinstyle #visitberlin #berlinarchitektur #berlinlife

Wall mounted cast model of the Golden Lane Estate designed by Chamberlin, Powell & Bon who went on to design the Barbican. The former was innovative social housing the latter for the ambitious middle class #bеtonbrut #barbican #barbicanestate #BrutalistLondon #brutalist#brutalarchitecture #Brutgroup

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Berlin’s extraordinary Mäusbunker, aka “Star Destroyer”,original designers Gerd and Magdalena Hänska and saved by a public campaign from demolition. #berlincity #distressedbuildings #abandoned #berlinstagram #berlinlife #berlinpage #berlin #diestadtberlin #buildingstylegf

An architectural mug and a Cafe Royal photobook - £19.20! Go to the Greyscape.com shop #bеtonbrut #betonarme #betonliebe #waschbeton #bushhammered #barbican #barbicanandbeyond #barbicanestate #barbicancentre #buildingstylegf #balconies #britisharchitecture #igbarbican

The Barbican, perhaps as seen in “The Agency” or “Slow Horses” #bеtonbrut #betonarme #betonliebe #waschbeton #bushhammered #barbican #barbicanandbeyond #barbicanestate #barbicancentre

Wells Coates’ Lawn Road Flats, the Isokon, for the Pritchards, a design for living radically different for middle class England #masterarchitect #modernism #modernist #midmod #modernistarchitecture #midcenturystyle #modernarchitecture #midcenturyarchitecture #modernistfacades #mouvementmoderne

The exterior of the De La Warr Pavilion. The light is in the rotunda to the right. Do visit, it’s a wonderful arts centre #delawarr

A trademark spiral staircase and light in the De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill. Named for the communist Earl De La Warr and designed by Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff #masterarchitect #modernism #modernist #modernistarchitecture #midcenturystyle #modernarchitecture #midcenturyarchitecture

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Frobisher Crescent, and it’s, apparently, intended, again, that its court will be a sculpture garden. brutalism #brutalisme #brutalist #brutal_architecture #betonbrut #beton  #brutbeton #brutalarchitecture #betonarme #brutal_architecture #Brutgroup #britisharchitecture #igbarbican #BrutalistLondon

How do they clean the lake side windows of Brandon Mews? #barbican #brutalism #brutalisme #brutopolis #brutalist #brutal_architecture #betonbrut #beton  #brutbeton #brutalarchitecture #betonarme #betonliebe #brutal_architecture #Brutgroup #britisharchitecture #igbarbican #BrutalistLondon

Haus Schminke, designed by Hans Scharoun akaThe Noodle Steamer because of its resemblance to an ocean liner and Schminke made a fortune supplying the Wehrmacht with dried pasta. Post-war Schminke was imprisoned. #masterarchitect #modernism #modernist

Villa E1027, brilliant, whimsical love nest by Eileen Grey. She couldn’t be an architect because she was a woman - but she was. She walked because a jealous (and naked) uninvited #Corbusier painted murals on the walls. His Cabanon are just behind the villa and he drowned in the bay below #modernism

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And back to Tecton, a kiosk at Dudley Zoo. Following Lubetkin’s success at Regent’s Park Zoo, Tecton designed a suite of buildings for Dudley. What was it about modernist design that so attracted zoos in Europe? #masterarchitect #modernism #modernist #midmod #modernistarchitecture #midcenturystyle

Gerard Grandval’s Les Choux de Créteil, organic, humorous, human and humane. The vision of the balconies being festooned with growing vines, wasn’t realised but this is a masterpiece #masterarchitect #modernism #modernist #postwar #20thcenturymodern

People would pity us for living in the Barbican, such is the prejudice against modernist, concrete estates.

And here’s the real High and Over