Demoulding Boston City Hall
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Architect: Kallmann McKinnell & Knowles
Completed: 1968
Status: Civic government building, still in use
Monumental and uncompromising, its raw concrete and jutting forms rise above the plaza like a civic fortress. Since its opening in 1968, it has divided opinion, earned praise and criticism in equal measure, and stood firm as a symbol of bold public architecture.
#brutalism #brutalist #bostoncityhall
Demoulding Pirelli Building (now Hotel Marcel)
Location: New Haven, USA
Architect: Marcel Breuer
Completed: 1970
Status: State Register for Historic Places
Its dramatic raised base, created by removing two floors from the midsection, gives it a gravity-defying presence which makes it a defining piece of American Brutalism. Vacant for years, it has since been beautifully restored and repurposed as Hotel Marcel, preserving its iconic silhouette.
#brutalism #brutalist #marcelbreuer
Rising 29 storeys with no windows, its sheer concrete walls and fortress-like profile have made it one of the most enigmatic towers in Manhattan.
The Long Lines Building (AT&T) concrete model plus more will be exhibiting alongside fellow concrete Artists
@caosmote@dossantoscollective@rysq_ny@sqrypt_atelier
at NYCXDESIGN week: CONCRETE EDITION 14/5-20/5 at @studio6.nyc follow and check out their brilliant work
Plus follow artist and curator @rysq_ny for more information on the exhibition and how to reserve a spot at 1 of 3 workshops running today 15/5.
Will be sharing more about the models throughout the week đ
#brutalism #brutalist #newyorkarchitecture
NYCXDESIGN week: CONCRETE EDITION 5/14-5/20 @studio6.nyc đđź for the opportunity to display this work on your space
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Sneak preview of some of the work being exhibited
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SAM @caosmote
LOUIS @dossantoscollective
ADAM @space.play
ROBYN @rysq_ny + @sqrypt_atelier
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đ IN BIO for all the details.
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Demoulding Anniesland Court concrete model
I love this iconic Glasgow building for its clarity. It is all rhythm and stance: long horizontal window bands, a lifted podium, then that separate tower holding everything steady. Capturing it as a model meant chasing the proportions between the main slab and the service tower, and keeping the bridge connections legible at a smaller scale.
A small cast of a Glasgow tower that still anchors the west end skyline.
#brutalism #brutalist #glasgow
Built on Crow Road in the late 1968, this 22-storey Brutalist residential landmark was designed by Jack Holmes & Partners. Its the only tower block in Glasgow to have Category A listed status, and it is recorded as the tallest listed building in Scotland. The banded elevations and the confident service tower have often been compared to ErnĹ Goldfingerâs later London towers, which makes it a satisfying piece of Glasgow Brutalism to hold in miniature.
#brutalism #brutalist
One of the most important 20th-century buildings in Scotland
St Peterâs Seminary compelted in 1966 was a modern training college for Catholic priests in Scotland. Left to ruin, it has become a site of pilgrimage for architecture lovers a ghost structure that continues to inspire.
Im returning to Scotland this month to bring an iconic Glasgow Brutalist model to the collection.
Drone and interior photos by the legend @scrappynw
#brutalism #brutalist #scottisharchitecture
đ in BIO ⌠more details coming soon
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Studio 6 Gallery presents an encore concrete workshop experience and curated case exhibition led by architect and sculptor Robyn Squires [RYSQ] of Sqrypt Atelier, featuring work by Caos Mote, Dos Santos Collective, & Space Play. Supported by @mtnshop_ny + @rivingtonhardware on the Lower East Side.
Completed in 1967, Andrew Melville Hall was James Stirling's first commission as a solo practitioner and his only finished project in Scotland. The hall's design comprises two angled wings connected by a central glazed block. With pre-cast concrete panels and sharp slab-wings, the building's unique texture and geometry create a sense of life and formality. Ive aimed to translate Stirlings work into a hand-cast concrete model which you can hold in hands.
#brutalism #brutalist
Capturing a Brutalist Scottish megastructure
Cumbernauld Town Centre was designed as a futuristic multi-use megastructure for Scotlandâs first New Town. Working from original plans and photographs, I focused on the central spine block as the heart of the structure. Its layered forms, jagged silhouette, and sense of mass were a challenge to scale down without losing its character. Whatâs left now is a miniature memory of a massive idea.
#brutalism #brutalist #cumbernauld
Some buildings are all about imagined futures, and leave a lasting imprint, whether or not the world is ready for them.
Cumbernauld Town Centre was one of the boldest post-war experiments in Scotland. Built to serve as a megastructure for the whole community, it combined shops, housing, offices, and public facilities into a single concrete organism. Ambitious, surreal, and full of complexity, it became both iconic and controversial, admired for its vision, and criticised for its scale.
I knew I had to make this model before it disappeared completely.
Working from original plans and photographs, I focused on the central spine block as the heart of the structure. Its layered forms, jagged silhouette, and sense of mass were a challenge to scale down without losing its character. Whatâs left now is a miniature memory of a massive idea.
A fragment of Cumbernauldâs future-past preserved in concrete.
#brutalism #brutalist
The Fawley Power Station control centre, also known as the "The flying saucer" was once a Brutalist icon located in Southampton,UK . It was a prominent landmark for many scifi and action productions throughout its life time, including Star Wars Solo, Rollerball, Mission impossible and Red Dwarf. Sadly demolished in 2023 but its Brutalist form captured in minature concrete.
#brutalism #brutalist
![in BIO ⌠more details coming soon.Studio 6 Gallery presents an encore concrete workshop experience and curated case exhibition led by architect and sculptor Robyn Squires [RYSQ] of Sqrypt Atelier, featuring work by Caos Mote, Dos Santos Collective, & Space Play. Supported by @mtnshop_ny + @rivingtonhardware on the Lower East Side.](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6727374523377049142967_0_a312b9d949d9fe56e3300229b9692380.jpg?o=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&h=b52f5e10550cbadb492cafff14f0c2b8)
