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garybarker, 13 days ago to architecture

Brutalism Friday

“Gas Stations”

#utilitarianarchitecture #concrete #brutalism #brutalism #brutalismfriday #brutalisticarchitecture #architecture #concreteconstruction

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garybarker, 1 month ago to architecture

Brutalism Friday

“The Monitor Building at Beckton Sewage Treatment Works”

It wasn’t until the Great Stink of 1858 – a period of a few months in which hot weather made the stench of human waste and effluent in the Thames unbearable – that the government decided to work on a permanent and adequate underground sewerage system. In 1864, Joseph Bazalgette drew up a plan to construct a total of 1,182 miles of mains and street sewers to divert wastewater to the outskirts of London.

The Monitor Building at Beckton STW was commissioned in 1967 and designed by architects at the Public Health Engineering Department. The most striking aspect of its design are the four legs which support its raised structure, giving it the appearance of a large concrete quadruped walking across the works.

#utilitarianarchitecture #concrete #brutalism #brutalism #brutalismfriday #brutalisticarchitecture #architecture #concreteconstruction

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garybarker, 1 month ago to architecture

Brutalism Friday

“Institut für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie” Fehling+Gogel, Berlin, 1966–74

Great importance was placed on the quality of the exposed concrete of the building shell. In order to obtain soft curves and a fine surface structure, attention was paid to particularly precise execution of the board formwork. This resulted in a consistent exposed concrete building that is unique in Berlin in such careful execution. The design responds to the neighborhood by gradually increasing the building masses and creating a five-story office and laboratory block with the front facing the old village center.

#utilitarianarchitecture #concrete #brutalism #brutalism #brutalismfriday #brutalisticarchitecture #architecture #concreteconstruction

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garybarker, 2 months ago to architecture

“Brutalism Friday”

“Maunsell Army Forts”, Guy Maunsell, Thames Estuary, 1942

Part of the Thames Estuary defense network, the anti-aircraft defense consisted of a cluster of seven stilted buildings surrounding a central command tower. Operational, catwalks connected the buildings. They were built on land and then transported to their watery homes. Originally there were three of these forts, but only two are left standing: the Redsands Fort and the Shivering Sands Fort.

#utilitarianarchitecture #concrete #brutalism #brutalism #brutalismfriday #brutalisticarchitecture #architecture #concreteconstruction

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garybarker, 2 months ago to architecture

“Brutalism Friday”

“Wotruba Church”, Mayer, Vienna Fritz Wotruba/Fritz Gerhard Mayr, 1964

An iconic brutalist design, created from 152 concrete blocks whose weight ranges from 1.8 to 141 tons. The idea of a church was first conceived by Fritz Wotruba in 1964 and the location was chosen separately, a relevant point as the current site was formerly home to Nazi barracks.

Wotruba, a sculptor attributed his inspiration for the church on his visit to Chartres Cathedral in France. The architect, Mayr, worked with Fritz Wotruba to bring his extraordinary sculptural brutalist design to life, creating a space that is equally a sacred space and a living sculptural tribute to Wotruba, who died before the project was completed.

#utilitarianarchitecture #concrete #brutalism #brutalism #brutalismfriday #brutalisticarchitecture #architecture #concreteconstruction

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garybarker, 3 months ago to architecture

“Brutalism Friday”

“North Christian Church” Eero Saarinen, 1959, Columbia, Indiana.

Saarinen was inspired by the steep steps at Angkor Wat and Borobudur and traditions that make a visitor interact with the architecture and gives a sense of magnanimity while entering the church. The odyssey from the exterior to interior is organically augmented to give worshippers a spiritual experience.
The use of earthy materials, grey slate floors, dark mahogany pews to the spirited formal geometries, the architecture strives to create a pious ambiance that is intimate and subliminal. The decompression of the chamber, grey slate floors, dark mahogany pews, and eerie natural lighting induce a sense of awe in the visitor.

#1950s #utilitarianarchitecture #concrete #brutalism #brutalism #brutalismfriday #brutalisticarchitecture #architecture #concreteconstruction

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garybarker, 5 months ago to architecture

“Brutalism Friday”

Various brutalist stairways and balconies.

#brutalism #brutalismfriday #brutalisticarchitecture #architecture #concreteconstruction

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garybarker, 6 months ago to architecture

“Brutalism Friday”

“Rusty Nail Viewing Platform,” by architect Stefan Giers, 2007-2008. Senftenberg, Germany.
Photo: Stefano Perego, George Kroustallis

#brutalism #brutalismfriday #brutalisticarchitecture #architecture #steelconstruction

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garybarker, 7 months ago to Battlemaps

The Rocks of Sea Ranch. #searanch #landscapes #sea

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davemark, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to apple

😮

The original 1984 Macintosh user's guide.

With that lovely Picasso-like drawing on the front. IMO, a real work of art.

Click the link to page through the entire thing. Gorgeous bit of nostalgia!

https://archive.org/details/1984macintoshmanual/mode/2up

#Apple #Mac #History #Macintosh

garybarker, 8 months ago to aitools

“Firmer - not too soft - not too hard…”

I often stare rapturously at my pencil. #advertising #vintageadvertising #badadvertising

garybarker, 9 months ago to architecture

“Brutalism Friday”

“Les Orgues De Flandre”, Martin Van Trek, Paris, France, 1980

This social housing complex in a high-dense district of France is composed of several 15/16 floors buildings and 4 dominating tours. "Orgues de Flandre" is exalted verticality through volumes and dynamism through terraces and balconies.

#brutalism #brutalisticarchitecture #architecturalphotography #architecture

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garybarker, 10 months ago to architecture

“Brutalism Friday”

“Makpetrol Gas Station”, Gjorgji Golev, 1973, Ohrid, North Macedonia

#modernism #socialistarchitecture #socmod #socialistmodernism #utilitarian-architecture #socheritage #brutalismfriday #brutalism #brutalisticarchitecture #architecture #architecturalphotography

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garybarker, 11 months ago to photography

‘Beethoven Frieze’, Inge Prader photographer. For the 2015 Life Ball in Vienna, an annual AIDS charity event.

Prader brings Gustav Klimt’s paintings to life using real models, real costumes, and real gold.
#gustavklimt #photography #colorphotography

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garybarker, 11 months ago to architecture

“Brutalism Friday”

“The Bierpinsel”, or Beer Brush, a 47-metre tall brutalist tower on the Schloßstraße in Berlin Steglitz, was built between 1972 and 1976 by the architects Ralf Schüler and Ursulina Schüler-Witte. The distinctive form was inspired by the silhouette of a tree.

#socmod #socialistmodernism #utilitarian-architecture #socheritage
#brutalismfriday #brutalism #brutalisticarchitecture #architecture #architecturalphotography

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garybarker, 11 months ago to aitools

“Tomorrow’s Lestoil”, 1968 ad, Noxell Corporation.

I love this view of life in the future, where women have weak necks requiring neck braces and the Lestoil of the future is so toxic it requires a full body hazmat suit.

#vintage60s #advertising #future #mod #the60sand70s

garybarker, 11 months ago to architecture

“Brutalism Friday” “Norddeutsche Landesbank Building”, Behnisch Architects, Hannover, Germany At street level, you barely notice that there is anything out of the ordinary with this building. Step away, however, and look at the building from a distance and you’ll see a 70 meter-high, 75,000 square-meter behemoth whose different floors jut out at impossible angles. #brutalismfriday #brutalism #brutalisticarchitecture #architecture #architecturalphotography

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garybarker, 1 year ago to random

“Brutalism Friday”

'Geisel Library’, William L. Pereira & Associates, La Jolla, California, 1970 Architect William Pereira was the creator of many a memorable building—the Transamerica Pyramid tower in San Francisco, CBS's Television City in Hollywood, and Pepperdine University in Malibu, to name a few. The unique futuristic design is representative of hands holding up books.
#utilitarianarchitecture
#brutalismfriday #brutalism #brutalisticarchitecture #architecture #architecturalphotography

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garybarker, 1 year ago to photography

Hendrik Kerstens (born The Hague, March 24, 1956) is a Dutch photographer and visual artist. He is known for his portraits of his daughter, Paula. #hendrikkerstens #photography #fineart #fineartphotography #portrait

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garybarker, 1 year ago to random

Question Mastodoners:

1. What is the award shown next to the RFK bust in the background of this screen shot?

2. What is the first thing that came into your mind when you saw that award. What is the award a representation of?

#whatisit #awards #Rorschach

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