Brutalist architecture is unlike anything else. With its massive concrete structures, bold geometric shapes, and unusual designs, these buildings often look like something straight out of a science fiction movie.
From futuristic universities to towering residential complexes, brutalist buildings continue to fascinate architecture lovers around the world. While some find their appearance cold and intimidating, others admire their raw beauty and striking creativity.
The Reddit community r/brutalism shares incredible examples of these architectural wonders. We’ve gathered some of the most fascinating brutalist buildings that prove concrete architecture can be both unusual and breathtaking.
Scroll down to explore these remarkable designs and discover why brutalist architecture still captures people’s attention today.
#1 –Quite possibly my favorite building in the world – Complejo Cultural Teresa Carreño, Caracas
#2 –Tetsuo Harano Tunnels, Kāne’ohe, Hawai’i. Planned in the 1960s, completed in 1997.
#3 –Mask of Sorrow, Russia, built in 1996 to the memory for the prisoners of Gulag
#4 –Habitat 67, Montreal, Quebec
#5 –Barbican Estate, London
#6 –1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics Village in 2024
#7 –Japanese brutalism is best . Credits to Paul Tulett
#8 –Belgrade, Serbia
#9 –“Musical Island” by Decio Tozzi at a park in Brazil (1990)
#10 –Avala Tower, Belgrade
#11 –It’s located in Tbilisi, Georgia.
#12 –Administrative complex, Bahia, Brazil. Architect João Filgueiras Lima, 1975.
#13 –Naples
#14 –Faculty of Law and Philosophy, Novi Sad, Serbia
#15 –Rokko Housing I, Kobe, Japan, designed by Tadao Ando in 1981
#16 –Hotel Panorama, Slovakia (1970)
#17 –Why are libraries often brutalist?
#18 –Reimagination of traditional Chinese house in brutalist style
#19 –Monument to the Victims of Fascism (Erected 1958) at Fort IX in Kaunas, Lithuania
#20 –Sanatorium “Ukraine”, Haspra (Crimea) — Unfinished Soviet-era concrete wing, built in the 1990s
