UK Brutalist Architecture
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- flashbender0
- oops, I meant alexandra and ainsworth estate ...
playing it fast and loose with extra letters.flashbender - benefit of this is that when you're done you can wander around ST John's wood or Swiss cottage to see nice old buildingsflashbender
- It is, I love St Johns Wood.mikotondria3
- This is where Juliette Binoche lives in Breaking and Enteringraf
- it's just down the street from my flatflashbender
- I almost moved into one of these. They're really wierd inside, lots of odd spaces where you can only store random stuffProjectile
- oops, I meant alexandra and ainsworth estate ...
- raf0
Funny you should start that thread today, I posted this earlier today:
https://twitter.com/cocones/stat…Something to explore:
http://fuckyeahbrutalism.tumblr.…
- kingkong0
As a Prestonian, I can vouch for the bus station,
another favourite is the barbican
Lancaster Services
RAF Fylingdales
Southbank Centre
plenty more here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis…
- grafisk0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri…
They knocked it down now, but it stood for a long time at the heart of Portsmouth
- inhaler970
Thumbs up to this thread!
I can't help much but I found this link.
http://www.oobject.com/category/…enjoy
- webazoot0
Was sitting outside the library last night. Be a damn shame when its gone, especially when you look at whats planned to go in its place.
- sleepyfatso0
Here you go...
Examples of Brutalist Architecture in England
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzon…
- mikotondria30
^ and just down the road:
Shitville, aka Southampton, UK
http://goo.gl/maps/Ad3v4
- Yolo0
- Llyod0
looks like commie arch
- alnove0
There's quite a few in Sheffield: Park Hill flats (Urban splash are redeveloping parts) The old Roxy Disco (O2 academy) Moore street Substation
Some stuff on here might give you some ideas:
http://welivehere.co.uk/prints.h…and an article here:
http://www.articlemagazine.co.uk…
- alnove0
Liking the Preston Bus Station shots btw
- thankyoucraigatkinson
- and thankyou ^craigatkinson
- No probs, hope it was helpful
alnove
- LukeO0
Robin Hood in Poplar should help.
- cannonball19780
Ugliest style of architecture ever
- What about modern plasterboard McMansions? They probably won't even last 50 years to love or hate.MrT
- That's not even architecture.cannonball1978
- A very valid point you have there. I like the concrete blocks.MrT
- It really isn't ugly, and it works very well.craigatkinson
- lvl_130
- ore-gentrification this would have been good!craigatkinson
- *pre*craigatkinson
- monoblanco0
- wow!
Melanie - they're still working on itLlyod
- fuckcraigatkinson
- http://en.wikipedia.…23kon
- Looks a lot like http://www.goodfuner…webazoot
- wow!