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Muirhead Tower, University of Birmingham
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP0483
This brutalist tower was built in 1971 to designs by Sir Philip Dowson of Arup... (more)
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Pavilion House
by David Lally
geograph for square TA0388
Classic brutalist office building. Currently empty and due for... (more)
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Side elevation of Pavilion House
by David Lally
for square TA0488
Showing the irregular layout of the concrete mullions.
Classic brutalist... (more)
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Detail of Pavilion House
by David Lally
for square TA0388
Showing the irregular concrete mullions.
Currently empty and due for... (more)
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Linksview House, Tolbooth Wynd, Leith, Midlothian
by Claire Pegrum
geograph for square NT2776
Linksview House was built between 1964 and 1967 in the New Brutalism style and... (more)
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Brutalist structure in South Cliff Gardens
by David Lally
geograph for square TA0487
An absolute classic, presumably built as beach huts?
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University of East Anglia, from the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square TG1907
On the left, one of the "ziggurats" that characterise UEA's... (more)
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Flats on Saunders Way, Thamesmead
by Malc McDonald
geograph for square TQ4680
Brutalist architecture in Thamesmead.
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Demolition of The Horizon Factory
by David Lally
for square SK5537
A brutalist masterpiece in the throes of destruction.
The building was... (more)
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High Point, Grattan Road, Bradford
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SE1533
An iconic building in the city, built in 1972 by the John Brunton Partnership as... (more)
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A Brutalist Pilgrimage
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP1586
Admirers of Modernist architecture have come to see Our Lady Help of Christians,... (more)
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Hockley Circus, looking towards the Maha Vihara
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP0588
For more on Hockley Circus and Flyover, monuments to 1960s road-building... (more)
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A remnant of the John Payer horizon factory
by David Lally
for square SK5537
Including one of the exceptional fire escapes.
The building was subject to a... (more)
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Experimental Psychology building, St Cross Road, Oxford
by Christopher Hilton
for square SP5106
When I was a student in the early 1980s this was glibly asserted to be the... (more)
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Preston Bus Station, Tithebarn Street
by Gerald England
geograph for square SD5429
Preston Bus Station was built in 1968 in the Brutalist architectural style. It... (more)
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Inside Preston Bus Station
by Gerald England
for square SD5429
Preston Bus Station was built in 1968 in the Brutalist architectural style. It... (more)
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Preston Bus Station
by Gerald England
geograph for square SD5429
Preston Bus Station was built in 1968 in the Brutalist architectural style. It... (more)
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Experimental Psychology building, seen from South Parks Road
by Christopher Hilton
for square SP5106
In the 1980s when I was a student here, this hulking concrete behemoth was... (more)
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Ringway Centre, Smallbrook Queensway
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP0686
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Ringway Centre between Hurst Street and Dudley Street
by A J Paxton
for square SP0786
This is the eastern end of the Ringway Centre, designed by James Roberts and... (more)
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Hurst Street overpass, Smallbrook Queensway
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP0686
Dating from 1959, this was the first part of the Ringway Centre to be completed.... (more)
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Pedestrian subways, Holloway Head
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP0686
A very uninviting area; these subways segregate pedestrians from the road... (more)
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Smallbrook Queensway viewed from Holloway Head
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP0686
Smallbrook Queensway was built from 1957 to 1962, replacing Smallbrook Street,... (more)
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Hockley Flyover & Circus, looking towards Newtown
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP0588
This huge flyover and the roundabout underneath were built around 1967; they can... (more)
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Preston Bus Station
by Malc McDonald
geograph for square SD5429
Preston Bus Station opened in 1969. The building comprises a main concourse at... (more)
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Lost Horizons – 14
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK5537
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Lost Horizons – 13
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK5537
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Brutalist architecture in Thamesmead
by Malc McDonald
geograph for square TQ4680
One of many blocks of flats in Thamesmead built from concrete.
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Subway ramp, St Cuthbert’s Way
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square NZ2814
The sculpted concrete wall is very much a feature of the Brutalist period. It... (more)
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Subway ramp, St Cuthbert’s Way
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square NZ2914
The sculpted concrete wall is very much a feature of the Brutalist period. It... (more)
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Brutalist beauty
by Bill Harrison
geograph for square NJ9306
The former Ruby House (government offices), now set to be converted to... (more)
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Brutalist office block, Pitmedden Road, Dyce
by Bill Harrison
geograph for square NJ8813
Latterly the home of Altrad, a logistics company supporting the offshore... (more)
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Brutalist entrance...
by Bill Harrison
geograph for square NJ9308
...to the Zoology Building at the University of Aberdeen. The building... (more)
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Brutalist buildings at Aberdeen Harbour
by Bill Harrison
geograph for square NJ9405
Union Point to the left is decorated with a street-art project, the Regent... (more)
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Brutalist beauty, South Methven Street, Perth
by Bill Harrison
geograph for square NO1123
The former Clydesdale Bank is now a business centre.
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Zoology Building, University of Aberdeen
by Bill Harrison
geograph for square NJ9308
The building collapsed during construction in 1966, killing five... (more)
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Brutalist beauty
by Bill Harrison
geograph for square NJ9307
Council depot at Kittybrewster built in 1972 on the site of the former engine... (more)
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Park Hill Flats
by Bob Harvey
for square SK3687
The development at Park Hill, once one of the "streets in the sky"... (more)
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Beautiful Brutalism
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TQ3082
It's very easy to decry the architecture of the 1960s and 1970s, but that... (more)
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Brutalist beauty (Trinity Centre car park, Wapping Street)
by Bill Harrison
for square NJ9406
It has a Canmore listing (173553) but no details are provided:... (more)
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Experimental Psychology building, seen from South Parks Road, Oxford
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square SP5106
In the 1980s when I was a student here, this hulking concrete behemoth was... (more)
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Subway entrance, Hockley Circus
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP0588
This is another brutalist subway entrance with a relief mural by Bill Mitchell;... (more)
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Hockley Flyover and subway entrance
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP0588
Hockley Flyover and Circus, the roundabout that the flyover crosses, were built... (more)
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Elephant House, London Zoo, Regents Park, 1966
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square TQ2883
Designed by Sir Hugh Casson, Neville Conder and Partners, it shows that the... (more)
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Streets in the Sky, Spon End
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP3278
A concrete walkway connects the upper rows of two-storey maisonettes in the four... (more)
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Kerry's House, Spon End
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP3278
The two-storey maisonettes of Kerry's House, the upper rows connected by... (more)
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Hockley Flyover and Soho Hill
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP0588
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House in the Modernist tradition, South Hill Park
by Jim Osley
geograph for square TQ2785
Built to the 1959 designs of architect Brian Housden (for his family's use)... (more)
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Preston Bus station – 1971
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SD5429
Seen shortly after its construction (1969). At that time, the level of bus... (more)
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Durham University Students' Union, 1967
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square NZ2742
Recently completed at the time, and considered to be an important architectural... (more)
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