Brutal Architecture - an Open Thread
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A few photos taken in London's Barbican Centre, all Leica M240 with 35mm f/2.5 LTM Voigtlander lens.
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Barbican L1000052edit by Keith Hudson, on Flickr[/URL]
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Gilbert Bridge Barbican L1000039edit by Keith Hudson, on Flickr[/URL]
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Barbican Centre L1000040editBW by Keith Hudson, on Flickr[/URL]
And a colour one, same camera & lens.
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Barbican Frobisher interior L1000044editC by Keith Hudson, on Flickr[/URL]
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Barbican L1000052edit by Keith Hudson, on Flickr[/URL][url=https://flic.kr/p/2nmF8Pp]
Gilbert Bridge Barbican L1000039edit by Keith Hudson, on Flickr[/URL][url=https://flic.kr/p/2nmMGf6]
Barbican Centre L1000040editBW by Keith Hudson, on Flickr[/URL]And a colour one, same camera & lens.
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Barbican Frobisher interior L1000044editC by Keith Hudson, on Flickr[/URL]
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Hi, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, again :
(I do not like the term brutalism. Functionalism or functional purism would be more apt. At the time, in the mid-60s, the Ruhr-Universität Bchum was seen as a "learning factory" by its founding fathers. And one showed the building materials, where possible. The wooden boards for the concrete casings were left to be seen clearly. This was called "Sicht-Beton"
("Visible Concrete"). I am a little familiar with concrete building. I wanted to become an architect, completed a 3-year concrete worker apprenticeship, and worked as a skilled concrete
worker for a year, before changing my professional plans ... ---)
(I do not like the term brutalism. Functionalism or functional purism would be more apt. At the time, in the mid-60s, the Ruhr-Universität Bchum was seen as a "learning factory" by its founding fathers. And one showed the building materials, where possible. The wooden boards for the concrete casings were left to be seen clearly. This was called "Sicht-Beton"
("Visible Concrete"). I am a little familiar with concrete building. I wanted to become an architect, completed a 3-year concrete worker apprenticeship, and worked as a skilled concrete
worker for a year, before changing my professional plans ... ---)
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Birmingham New Street Signal Box, Navigation Street, Birmingham - 22 Nov 2023 by Cliff Jones, on Flickr
Birmingham New Street Signal Box, Navigation Street, Birmingham - 22 Nov 2023 by Cliff Jones, on Flickr
This photo was taken to highlight the Brutalist architecture of the surrounding wall
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The Barbican Estate yesterday.
Chamberlin, Powell and Bon for the City of London, 1965-76.
Lauderdale Tower by Rob Telford, on Flickr
John Trundle Court by Rob Telford, on Flickr
Cromwell Highwalk by Rob Telford, on Flickr
Chamberlin, Powell and Bon for the City of London, 1965-76.
Lauderdale Tower by Rob Telford, on Flickr
John Trundle Court by Rob Telford, on Flickr
Cromwell Highwalk by Rob Telford, on Flickr
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These are from 2009, I've a lot more but these are the only ones I can find for now.
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