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Brutalism

Brutalism in Sydney: A book tour of the city’s concrete heritage

Brutalism in Sydney: A book tour of the city’s concrete heritage

A new book documents the brutalist architecture of Sydney, putting the movement into historical context and highlighting its ongoing relevance.

Inner beauty: The Estée Lauder Companies’ Sydney HQ is a jewel in a Brutalist building

Inner beauty: The Estée Lauder Companies’ Sydney HQ is a jewel in a Brutalist building

High up in the CBD skyline, Davenport Campbell has designed a prestigious, connected and collaborative new workplace for The Estée Lauder Companies.

The Adelaide office holding a Brutalist conversation with its neighbours

The Adelaide office holding a Brutalist conversation with its neighbours

Carr’s design for MinterEllison’s Adelaide office is a celebration of Brutalist architecture and contextual elements.

Mapping concrete and Brutalist architecture across Australia, Asia and beyond

Mapping concrete and Brutalist architecture across Australia, Asia and beyond

From concrete Tokyo to Brutalist Sydney, Blue Crow Media provides a way into new cities — or perhaps a closer look at familiar ones — for the architectural connoisseur, especially those with a keen interest in the twentieth century history.

Capsule hotel KINN does hyper futurism with a humanistic touch

Capsule hotel KINN does hyper futurism with a humanistic touch

Movies like Blade Runner and Gattaca provide the unlikely springboard into this new hotel designed by Hjgher.

Brutal beauty: Di Stasio Città by HASSELL

Brutal beauty: Di Stasio Città by HASSELL

To the architecture community, Di Stasio is an institution. And now a new venue, designed by HASSELL, brings restaurant, art gallery and homage to brutalism alive at Di Stasio Città.

Indesign Luminary: Col Madigan

Indesign Luminary: Col Madigan

The National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, arguably one of the finest buildings in Australia, is just one example of the work of the late Col Madigan.

Putting the joy back into Brutalism: The University of Queensland School of Architecture by m3architecture

Putting the joy back into Brutalism: The University of Queensland School of Architecture by m3architecture

Brisbane’s m3architecture found the University of Queensland’s brutalist School of Architecture building had its problems but also the potential to transform itself and embrace its beautiful landscape.

Indesign Luminary: John Andrews

Indesign Luminary: John Andrews

In the mid-1960s, he was the first Australian architect to achieve a high level of international recognition, especially in North America where he was seen as an American architect working in the then fashionable ‘brutalist’ style. But John Andrews has at times been less comfortable in Australia where several signature buildings have been treated with less respect than they deserve. Indesign thought it time to celebrate one of the icons of Australian architecture.