Brutalism

Grand Tour Le Corbusier

A 9 day pilgrimage to the most iconic works of pioneering Modernist architect Charles-Édouard Jeanneret in…
Fire, Water, Modernism

Fire, Water, Modernism is an immersive journey through the majestic post-war architecture of the City of…
Hille House

Watford, UK Erno Goldfinger (1961) Hungarian-born Erno Goldfinger first deployed his tell-tale coloured glass slits at…
Colechurch House

London, UK E.G. Chandler for the City of London (1973) Colechurch House is a Brutalist office…
Lecture Theatre Block, Brunel University

Uxbridge, UK John Heywood for Sheppard, Robson and Partners (1966) The Grade II listed Lecture Theatre…
The Elephant & Rhinoceros Pavilion, London Zoo

London, UK Sir Hugh Casson (1965) A series of circular brick pens arranged around a central…
Quest for the Corn King and the Spring Queen

Scythian pagan rituals may have informed this rarely seen set of monumental sculptures, cast using experimental…
Second Chance Motel : rediscovering a hidden architectural gem by the motorway

“Blue hotelOn a lonely highwayBlue hotelLife don’t work out my way” Blue Hotel (1986) by Chris…
New Towns & High Rises : an Urban History of Britain

Explore the gritty vertical neighbourhoods of Britain’s New Towns and the High Rises of London’s East…
Brutalist Initiation : a Resident Access experience at the Barbican Estate

Until recently, I was among those who believed they’d seen it all – and if you…
Brutalism For Beginners

We will walk around London, visit a great number of sites, learn a bit about concrete…
Brutalism for Beginners

Experience London’s brutalist architecture and social history
The Walking City : How Futurism and Cold War paranoia inspired London’s most visionary architects

“…emerging through a cloud of fumes, the Hayward Gallery rose up on its giant insect-like legs,…