Comments on: Haus der Essener Geschichte by Scheidt Kasprusch

By: Nick Austin

Nick Austin — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:44:13 +0000

Brutalism is more flared than this. This is more fifties than seventies. This is post post post modernism lite.

I've got some hammerite in the garage.

By: Phanprasit Boonnao

Phanprasit Boonnao — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:21:12 +0000

As h.a. and Edward said, I think this could be categorized as brutalism.

By: Ell.

Ell. — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:44:50 +0000

Love that weathered steel. It seems to be quite a trend. I just did a post on it here http://iladyoracle.blogspot.com/2011/09/rust.html x E.

By: Doug C.

Doug C. — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:41:07 +0000

Hate it forever? Future Systems, Foster, Rogers, Chipperfield, Grimshaw etc..

By: h.a.

h.a. — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:33:14 +0000

in reality brutalism was used for the fisrt time referring to architecture showing the raw reality like pipes, structure as it is without masks, lining etc. The first one is the smithson´s first school. Afterwards the brutalist architects started doing concrete structures (again the smithson´s robinhood gardens, lasdun´s buildings etc), which made the brittish hate modern architecture forever and prefer to mediocre pastish