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Brutalist Architecture

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Brutalist architecture emphasizes bold concrete structures, geometric forms, and raw material expression. The style emerged in the mid-20th century and continues to influence contemporary design through its honest approach to building and spatial composition.

The community explores brutalism through projects examining monumental forms, material decay and renewal, industrial aesthetics, and the relationship between architecture and landscape. Work ranges from adaptive reuse and ruin-making to vertical systems and stripped-back institutional design.

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Nipun and Amay

Atomique

The basic concept for the design and layout of this housing project is inspired by the branching structure of the nuclei of atoms. Specifically, the modular units that make up the housing structure are designed to mimic the branches of an atom’s nucleus, while the cores and open spaces within the structure are meant to represent the nucleus itself.

Aysu and 2 others

THE CYCLONE

Cyclone is a strong storm of rapidly rotating winds. It was used as a metaphor to describe the idea of cycle in our design. This cycle includes adaptation, correction and rehabilitation steps. Prisoners move on to the next step according to their progress, and each step provides more environmental interaction than the previous one.

Burak and İmre

saudade

This design makes people experience the monotony and density of a city and then makes them find the feelings which architecture should focus on. It provides a different experience and new route every time it is visited by locals or visitors. Saudade is the place of no one and it is also unfamiliar to everyone.

harshit and Niharika

MANGH HOUSE

The design is about a dwelling, in the old city of Jodhpur in the Hot and Dry state of Rajasthan in India. The user is a designer and exporter of handicrafts and artifacts. It revolves around catering to a residence for a family of 6 people. The key elements are ventilation and sunlight.

Jana

House factory

Bauhaus was about design for everyone, philosophy was encouraged by mass production and not restricted by it. House factory is following those principles by producing house prototypes which are available for everyone, and allowing eve-ryone who is interested to participate in creating process. The main goal is to stop spreading wide range of i

Filipp

Expanding nature

Designing safe interfaces between humans and nature

Yat

MAKING A NEW RUIN

Taking the form of a ruin, the design is an architectural assemblage; it draws attention to the absence of the Taj, it evokes a sense of incompletion. Like a great photograph that arouses speculation of what happened before and after the moment it was taken, it is to be completed only by the imaginations of its visitors.

zhang

WHITE PIANO

The concept of the design takes the form of a white piano, a symbol of classic culture. The design is connected to the roads and tries to bring people who come here pleasure.

UNI Editorial

publishedBlog1 week ago

Barde vanVoltt Softens Brutalism with Steel, Walnut and Curves in a Mexico City Penthouse

In Mexico City's Escandón neighborhood, a 300 m² two-level penthouse wraps a stainless steel core in walnut, stucco and stone for a writer and designer.

Modern Architecture

Contemporary Architecture

UNI Editorial

publishedBlog1 week ago

Čechvala Architects Stacks Three Aluminium-Clad Volumes Beside a Danube Branch in Bratislava

In Bratislava's Sihoť district, RDH House sets solid corrugated aluminium walls toward neighbours and full-height glazing toward the river.

Building Design

Residential Design

UNI Editorial

publishedBlog1 week ago

Atrium Architekti Turns a 1960s Košice Steelworks Dormitory into 507 Micro-Apartments

In Košice, Slovakia, a 13-storey panelák workers' hostel is stripped back to terrazzo and precast concrete, then fitted with coral steel and copper mesh.

Interior Design

Landscape Design

UNI Editorial

publishedBlog1 week ago

Aguirre Arquitetura Floats a Brutalist Concrete Bedroom Block over a Triangular Corner Lot in Brazil

In a Brazilian gated condominium, LCC House splits a dense brief into two board-formed concrete blocks wrapped in timber, stone and palms.

Residential Building

Commercial Buildings