In the new Phaidon book “Concrete Architecture,” Los Angeles writers Sam Lubell and Greg Goldin examine a construction material that’s often derided as the building block of urban eyesores, but, they ...
Among this year's top contenders for the Oscars is the film "The Brutalist," with 10 nominations. It tells the story of a European architect who, after surviving the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald ...
If you’ve seen a large building made entirely out of concrete built sometime between the 1950s and 1970s, you’ve probably seen the style of architecture known as brutalism. People have a lot of ...
When talking about building a better future, concrete is often maligned as an out-of-date material that is bad for the environment. But is it as simple as that? We recast the debate. It takes real ...
Beijing and New York–based OPEN Architecture recently completed work on Shanfeng Academy, a new campus for the Mountain Kingston Bilingual School in Suzhou, China. Located in the Xiangcheng district, ...
After World War II, the Franco-Swiss architect who went by the name of Le Corbusier erected brazenly expressionistic buildings, including an 18-floor Marseilles housing project and a hilltop ...
On the western edge of Tel Aviv University’s campus, a new structure is taking shape — not just architecturally, but conceptually. The Azrieli School of Architecture Building is unlike anything else ...