What's your favourite bit of brutalist architecture?

[Hitchington]

now what gets mr riled is everybody raves about trrellick tower, but forgets it is not the 1st one.

Balfron and carradale in Poplar were before that. OK carradale is a low level block.

i grew up not far from this. Mold shire Hall

I used to work in and around North Kensington so used to see Trellick Tower on a daily basis, hence my love for it. I have seen its equivalents in East London too and appreciate the brilliant, futuristic impact they have on the skyline.

 

[Yellow Fang]

Watford has it's own bits of suburban brutalism: here's Hille House

I like that, but maybe it does not look so good in colour.

 

[palinurus]

I like that, but maybe it does not look so good in colour.

Looks like this now.

 

[Yellow Fang]

Looks like this now.

Well, it is unlovely, but it has got something about it. I only like the end bit and not the rest of the building.I don't think the transmitters add much to it either.

 

[Saluki]

And I also love wind turbines.

Me too. I think that they are beautiful. I'd rather see a load of wind turbines than Sizewell B

 

[Gravity Aided]

I think the wind turbines are nice, as I live among a whole lot of them.

 

[MontyVeda]

this...

 

[Archie_tect]

Me too. I think that they are beautiful. I'd rather see a load of wind turbines than Sizewell B

That would require a whole heap of them mind...

 

[Saluki]

That would require a whole heap of them mind...

It would. I'm just saying that they are prettier, not more efficient.
You know that there were outcries about windmills, during the industrial revolution, as being a blot on the landscape. We love windmills now, even though they are no longer used for their original purpose.

 

[Archie_tect]

Brutallist architecture should really be strictly confined to structures constructed with shuttered concrete... as opposed to 'brutal' architecture which is anything ugly built since.

 

[Gravity Aided]

my dormitory at University

Main Building, aka "The Four Story Basement"

 

[alecstilleyedye]

probably the cis tower in manchester, seeing as i work in it…

http://data:image/jpeg;base64,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

 

[Mr Celine]

I used to have a flat just out of shot to the left which looked on to these monstrosities, Grampian and Cairngorm House in Leith. Unfortunately they weren't demolished until after I'd sold up.

They were ugly, leaked water, draughty and hard to heat. But worst of all was their orientation. The individual flats could have had spectacular views over the Firth of Forth to Fife and the distant mountains after which they were named but there were no windows at all on that side. Instead one of them looked onto the arse of the other, which itself looked onto the industrial decay of Henry Robb's shipbuilding yard and Leith old docks. The architect who designed these should have been made to live in them, just as the designers of crap cycle lanes should be made to cycle in them.

 

[Yellow Fang]

I used to have a flat just out of shot to the left which looked on to these monstrosities, Grampian and Cairngorm House in Leith. Unfortunately they weren't demolished until after I'd sold up.

They were ugly, leaked water, draughty and hard to heat. But worst of all was their orientation. The individual flats could have had spectacular views over the Firth of Forth to Fife and the distant mountains after which they were named but there were no windows at all on that side. Instead one of them looked onto the arse of the other, which itself looked onto the industrial decay of Henry Robb's shipbuilding yard and Leith old docks. The architect who designed these should have been made to live in them, just as the designers of crap cycle lanes should be made to cycle in them.

Those rather cuboid houses in the foreground aren't too appealing neither.

 

[PK99]

There speaks a man who need to get out on an FNRttC. From which the view is more like this:

But that lighting effect is a modern addition. ... not part of the original brutalist design