Brutalist architecture

Casa RM is the result of a careful reading of the site and a pursuit of an essential architectural language, where form, structure, and landscape are intrinsically connected. The residence is precisely positioned on the terrain through exposed concrete volumes that rest on and hover above the ground, minimizing site intervention while reinforcing continuity with the natural topography. The project explores the relationship between solids and voids as a spatial strategy, shaping paths, visual frames, and gradual transitions between interior and exterior spaces. Studio cdsarq Concrete defines the structural logic and material character of the house, while glass acts as a dissolving element, allowing the landscape to permeate the living... More

Wing House Pattaya is the third concrete residence designed by Mario Kleff, marking an important early step in his exploration of monolithic architecture and material purity. Located in Pattaya, Thailand, and completed in 2006, the residence was fully realized by his own construction firm, Wandeegroup (Thailand) Co., Ltd. The design is a rigorous exercise in Brutalism—exposing structure, material, and texture without ornamentation. The house features a dual-layer concrete shell—an outer and inner skin—that defines both the aesthetic and the performance of the building envelope. Every surface, from the heavy framed glass façades to the solid walls, reflects permanence and strength. Mario Kleff Mario Kleff... More

The concept hotel "Mutis" located in Indonesia. This project represents our search for combinations of different stylistic directions. We experimented a lot with geometric shapes, materials and furniture. Caption Caption Project concept creation took about 2 months.One of the ideas of this project was to give people the opportunity to feel like a part of nature through location, natural materials, colors, art objects and interaction of plants with interior and architecture.We used artistic plaster in the interior, polished concrete on the floor, custom metal and wood panels on the walls. Caption Caption More

Brutalist hairsalon Bosman by Jeroen de Nijs bni More

Creating an international client for lifeTomTom are the leading independent location technology specialist, committed to the vision of creating a safer, cleaner, congestion-free world. TomTom’s non-stop innovation keeps the world moving forward – freely, efficiently, safely. Their global team create the most innovative location technologies to improve driving today and completely change it tomorrow. Caption Our relationship with TomTom started in 2010, we were introduced to leading technology giant to work as a framework partner on their global property portfolio and went on to deliver three projects in Euston Tower and Whitfield Street in London. TomTom were keen to work with a single point of contact and partnered with... More

Torto House is a contemporary project, whose work is prefabricated and sustainable. We wanted to show a brutalist architecture, with natural and apparent materials, without giving up sophistication and comfort.Basically we have the materials: steel, glass, wood, concrete on the floor, exposed ecological brick,drywall and joinery. A clean work in terms of work and materials, without the use of superfluous coverings or props.   The client's desire was for a house built in a steel structure with the use of prefabricated elements, in order to obtain a quick work without wasting materials and with integrated spaces.The site with an area of 360 square meters and a slope of more than 5 meters high guided the development of the project on tw... More

United Places boutique hotel demonstrates an architectural response of intense refinement and precision having created 3 levels of hotel accommodation and two floors of restaurant working to a set of rigorous site constraints.   The tracery of the Botanic Gardens plane trees, and the desire to primarily focus the occupants’ connection to view from within, led to an architectural outcome echoing and enhancing the compelling play of shadow and light across the finely articulated façade.   The references to brutalist architecture are deliberate, reflecting an intent to create a building of obvious permanence juxtaposed with a jewel like quality of refinement in its fine bronze detailing.   Designed as an elega... More

The Preston Hollow House blurs the lines between indoors and out. A floating pavilion roof hovers over the interior and exterior spaces while sliding glass panels and corrugated concrete walls define its courtyards. The house is open and light-filled yet provides seclusion from the street.   “It’s right in the middle of the city, yet you really can’t perceive any other houses.”– Scott Specht, principal architect Water helps link the exterior and interior spaces. A narrow channel, punctuated by cascading terraces and a gentle waterfall near the main entry, flows through the house and into the swimming pool. At night, lighting within the stream casts changing patterns on the textured walls. The concrete... More

The house in its current state was a sample of brutalist architecture. A clear example of this is its facade that presents the walls with its brick apparent, which was a great architectural value and why it was important to try to respect it as much as possible.   The great defect that the house presented was its internal distribution, since it was a mixture of spaces that are visually divided by architectural elements giving a feeling of small areas difficult to take advantage of for an ideal setting, also we had a series of narrow corridors they cared little of the crossing of circulations and that made difficult a good zoning of public and private spaces inside the house.   The design intention was to reuse the beauty of th... More