What's your favourite bit of brutalist architecture?

[flatflr]

Juxtaposed by beauties like this.

Here's one from Moscow, locally called The Ship.. View attachment 116986

 

[Hitchington]

is the "camberwell submarine" brutalist ?

Yes! Forgot about this, just up the road from me

 

[Piemaster]

I've posted a picture of this before, but as it wasn't mine and I've just took the opportunity to take a photo of my own.
The Cathedral in Rio (with setting sun) and its neighbour. A 2-for-1 deal. And sorry about photo quality

 

[Profpointy]

So awful they tried to mask it behind trees, unsuccessfully.

I rather like that one.

 

[KneesUp]

One spotted in Chesterfield this morning:

 

[perplexed]

I prefer the night time view!

As an aside, they were saying on Look North that the substation (or parts of it) are currently open for an arts installation for another week or two...

 

[Hitchington]

Not brutalist but the architects had a lot of fun here. The Spodek (saucer) sports area in Katowice, Poland which looks like a flying saucer that has crash landed through the building in front, the Międzynarodowe Centrum Kongresowe (International Congress Center).

 

[PeteXXX]

A less seen view of the backside of the Carlsberg brewery in Northampton town centre, taken today whilst pedalling past.

 

[Haitch]

I guess we all knew we were going to "The Fountainhead" eventually.

I'm going to The Fountainhead tonight!

 

[Drago]

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A less seen view of the backside of the Carlsberg brewery in Northampton town centre, taken today whilst pedalling past.

That would make a good backdrop to a scene in Blake's 7.

BTW, you're brave cycling on that road, the local version of Santa Pod.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Not sure if it's been mentioned, but the DWP building in central Leeds, near the Market
Quarry House

The façade seen from Bus Station/Market (St Peters Street in front of it)
The aircraft shot has the West Yorkshire PlayHouse, just on the bottom-right corner




It was built on the site of another brutalist, but built as 'social housing' (or whatever it was called at the time); Quarry Hill Flats
Built 1938 - demolished 1978
In this picture, the Market is at the bottom of the picture

 

[PeteXXX]

That would make a good backdrop to a scene in Blake's 7.

BTW, you're brave cycling on that road, the local version of Santa Pod.

It's from the 'Dodge the broken glass' cycle path between the River Nene and the brewery.

 

[Drago]

I know where you are. Its a dreadful route, full of junkies and debris. Shame, because with the recent redevelopment much if the route by the river is now otherwise quite pleasant. You're clearly a brave and resourceful individual.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Yes! Forgot about this, just up the road from me

 

[flatflr]

Not sure if it's been mentioned, but the DWP building in central Leeds, near the Market
Quarry House

The façade seen from Bus Station/Market (St Peters Street in front of it)
The aircraft shot has the West Yorkshire PlayHouse, just on the bottom-right corner


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It was built on the site of another brutalist, but built as 'social housing' (or whatever it was called at the time); Quarry Hill Flats
Built 1938 - demolished 1978
In this picture, the Market is at the bottom of the picture
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Turns out it had the same architect as this place, thought bits looked familiar