Big buildings are everywhere—but some stop you in your tracks. These bold, unconventional structures challenge traditional design and showcase the raw creativity of architects who push boundaries. Pulled from the Brutalist Buildings Facebook page, these standout structures are more than concrete giants—they’re works of art. Their bold lines, rugged finishes, and unusual forms make them impossible to ignore. Scroll down to see.
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#1 External Retaining Walls of the Water Reservoir (1974-81)
#2 South-Australian Forensic Science Centre (1978)
#3 Wesley Woods Towers – retirement home (1965)
#4 Prefectural Library (1966)
#5 Jemčev Vrt / Jemec Garden (1975)
#6 Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at University of Auckland (1960’s)
#7 Université de Genève / Uni Dufour, 1975 | Geneva, Switzerland
#8 Collegio del Colle at University of Urbino (1962-66) | near Urbino, Italy
#9 Thermal spa in Lepence Valley (1982), abandoned, renovation is expected…
Visegrád, Hungary
Architect: András Zsuffa
#10 Fitzwilton House (1969), demolished in 2018 | Dublin, Ireland
Architects: Shoolheifer & Burley
#11 Basilica Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia (1971) | Higüey, Dominican Republic
Architects: André-Jacques Dunoyer de Segonzac and Pierre Dupré
#12 Former Office Building (1972), renovated | Athens (Attica), Greece
Architect: Alexandros Tombazis
#13 State of New Jersey Departments of Health & Agriculture Buildings (1962-65), demolished in 2021 | Trenton, New Jersey, US
Architects: Alfred Clauss and Jane West Clauss
#14 Misburg Water Tower (1960) | Hannover, Germany | Architect: not known
#15 Westin Hotel at Crown Center (1973) | Kansas City, Missouri, US | Architect: Harry Weese
#16 University of Agriculture (1966) Nitra, Slovakia | Architects: Vladimír Dedeček and Rudolf Miňovsky
#17 Residential Building (1979) | Wilmington, Vermont, US | Architect: Myron Goldfinger
#18 Robert H. Goddard Library at Clark University (1969) | Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Architect: John M. Johansen
#19 Tower of the unfinished City Centre (left in 1989) | Shumen, Bulgaria | Architect: Ivan Sivrev
#20 Hotel Intourist (1977) | Khabarovsk, Russia | Architect: not published
#21 Nationalbank (1970) | Copenhagen, Denmark | Architect: Arne Jacobsen
#22 Church of Maria Santissima Immacolata (1966) | Longuelo, near Bergamo, Italy
Architect: Giuseppe Pizzigoni
#23 NLB Bank (1977) | Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina | Architect: V. Stojanović
#24 Summer Brutalist architecture | Calvin Seibert
#25 Private house (1965) | Stabio, Switzerland | Architect: Mario Botta
#26 Lila Acheson Wallace World of Birds at the Bronx Zoo (1972) | New York, NY, US
Architect: Morris Ketchum
#27 Rainier Bank Tower (1977) | Seattle, Washington, US | Architect: Minoru Yamasaki
#28 Building Hviezda / Star aka “Kukurica” / Corn (1977), closed in 2017 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Architect: Ján Strcula Jr.
#29 Pershore Str. Car Park (1960’s ?) | Birmingham, UK | Architect: not published
#30 Former State Office Building (started in 1969, completed in 1980), redesigned in 2006
Budapest, Hungary | Architects: Miklós Hofer, Tibor Hübner and Lajos Horváth
