Guns&Poses

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Brutalist Architectural Photography - Le Beton Brut: Brutalist architecture, sometimes confused with modernism, is a style that developed in 1960s London. The term was first used in by Le Corbusier describing the poured board markings on concrete on many of his post WW2 buildings and in 1953 British Architects Peter & Alison Smithson coined the term. (French Beton Brut = Raw Concrete)The term became much more widely used when a book “The New Brutalism: ethic or aesthetic” written by Reyner Banham was published in 1966.I guess just about every large city in the world has good and bad examples of Brutalist Architecture - some of them good and some bad. I think the Brutalist style suits the Australian landscape and cityscape well compared to say London - where I found many of these buildings simply empty and depressing. Perhaps its the light, perhaps its the way they seem to age and take on a lovely patina here, whereas in London they often just look dirty and black. From Wikipedia : Brutalism is criticised as disregarding the social, historic, and architectural environment of its surroundings, making the introduction of such structures in existing developed areas appear starkly out of place and alien. The failure of positive communities to form early on in some Brutalist structures, possibly due to the larger processes of urban decay hat set in after World War II (especially in the United Kingdom), led to the combined unpopularity of both the ideology and the architectural style.All the images below are from Flickr. The first 3 images are from the stream of Wotek Gurak who has some fantastic Architectural Photography in his stream. Skerman Building. University of Queensland. Brisbane80 George Street. BrisbaneBrian Wilson Chancellery. University of Queensland. BrisbaneUTS Sydney - one of my favourite pieces of Architecture in Sydney, although “Brutalist” and totally dominating its nearby cityscape it has an elegance about its proportions and great lines which many Brutalist buildings lack. One of the Air-Vents at the side of UTS Sydney This apartment block (above and below) is very near the Opera House in Sydney, Love it! The much photographed ceiling of Surry Hills Police Station - enough to make you repentent!The National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne is Brutalist, and I think it is one of the mostbeautiful buildings in Australia. Surprisingly its very hard to find a full shot of it - probably because it is just so massive. All good architecture should “lift the human spirit” and entering this building verges on a religious experience, especially when you enter the “Great Hall” shown below, which is in the centre of the building Finally, the shot below is from fellow Modernist and blogger in Canberra, Martin who’s stream is full of great images of Architecture in Canberra. Have a look at his photo stream HERE , and Martins Modernist Architecture blog - Canberra House - HERE” The Student residences at the University of Canberra were designed by the internationally acclaimed architect John Andrews in 1973 and constructed in 1975. The residences are listed on the ACT Chapter of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects RAIA Register of Significant Twentieth Century Architecture…….” More images of this building and text in Martins photostream.

well basicly i was looking for some photographers who do work with Brutalist Architecture (basicly big monstrous buildings mostly made from concrete) and i came across this guy called RayG who has just set up a website to post all of his work on, he has some very interesting architecture work on here as well as a few other types of work. i picked out my two favourtie images to post and have posted the link. if your interested in architecture i would deffo give it a look yallll :) <3

Guns&Poses

Monday, 19 September 2011

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