Brutalist Inspiration

The <n>Casa da Musica</n> in Porto, Portugal, designed by <n>Rem Koolhaas</n> and <n>OMA</n> (2001-2005).

Interior of the <n>Mies van der Rohe Golfclub Krefeld</n>, designed by <n>Ludwig Mies van der Rohe</n>.

The <n>Escola Massana</n> arts and design school in Barcelona.

The <n>Swiss Ambassador's Residence</n> in Mexico City, renovated by <n>BLANCASMORAN</n> and <n>Fruehauf, Henry & Viladoms</n>. Photo by <n>Rafael Gamo</n>.

A Brutalist concrete spiral staircase. Photo by <n>Jean Ribière</n>.

The <n>Brutalist</n>-style <n>Casa Acantilado</n> in Mexico, designed by <n>Zozaya Arquitectos</n>. Photo by <n>Rafael Gamo</n>.

The <n>Brutalist</n> <n>Casalema House</n> by <n>Gonzalo Mardones V Arquitectos</n>. Photo by <n>Pablo Casals Aguirre</n>.

Staircase detail from a building by architect <n>Peter Zumthor</n>.

<n>I.M. Pei</n>'s <n>Brutalist</n> <n>Everson Museum of Art</n> in Syracuse. Photo by <n>Ezra Stoller</n>.

The <n>Nakatsu Crematorium</n> designed by architect <n>Fumihiko Maki</n>. Photo by <n>Kenta Mabuchi</n>.

Interior detail from <n>Old Jaffa House 4</n> by <n>Pitsou Kedem Architects</n>.

<n>Galería CRIA</n> in Ensenada, Mexico, by <n>TADOarquitectura</n> and <n>Localista</n>. Photo by <n>Oscar Hernandez</n>.

The interior of <n>Sancaklar Mosque</n> in Istanbul by <n>Emre Arolat Architects</n>. Photo by <n>Cemal Emden</n>.

Interior of the <n>Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut</n> in Ronchamp, France, designed by <n>Le Corbusier</n>.

<n>Corso Italia multifunctional complex</n> in Milan, designed by <n>Luigi Moretti</n> in 1956.

Rammed earth facade of <n>House Gulm</n> by <n>Aicher Ziviltechniker GmbH</n>. Photo by <n>Albrecht Imanuel Schnabel</n>.

From the <n>Lights</n> series by photographer <n>Nicholas Alan Cope</n>.

<n>Casa Gómez</n>, a minimalist residence in Mexico by <n>Jorge Garibay Arquitectos</n>. Photo by <n>César Béjar</n>.

The <n>Pyramid House</n> in Switzerland, designed by <n>DF_DC</n>. Photo by <n>Simone Bossi</n>.

The <n>Inner Tunnel</n>, an architectural work by <n>Mario Botta</n>.

<n>Tapialblock® 10/20/10</n>, a prefabricated rammed earth block by <n>Fetdeterra</n>.

The concrete staircase of <n>MD Housing</n> in Portugal, designed by <n>VA Studio</n>. Photo by <n>Fernando Guerra | FG+SG</n>.

Detail of the <n>Workshop in Andelfingen</n> by architects <n>Rossetti + Wyss</n>.

The <n>Casa das Histórias Paula Rego</n> museum in Cascais, Portugal.

The <n>Telecommunication Center</n> in Skopje, designed by <n>Janko Konstantinov</n> in 1974. Photo by <n>BACU</n>.

<n>Hofheide Crematorium</n> by <n>RCR Arquitectes</n> and <n>Coussée & Goris architecten</n>. Photo by <n>Hisao Suzuki</n>.

The <n>AT&T Long Lines Building</n> in New York, a <n>Brutalist</n> skyscraper by <n>John Carl Warnecke</n>, 1974.

The <n>Brutalist</n> interior of the <n>Kurashiki City Art Museum</n>, designed by <n>Kenzo Tange</n> in 1960.

The <n>Sexto Panteón</n> necropolis in Buenos Aires, designed by <n>Ítala Fulvia Villa</n>. Photo by <n>Federico Cairoli</n>.

The <n>Barcelona Pavilion</n>, designed by architect <n>Ludwig Mies van der Rohe</n> for the 1929 <n>Barcelona International Exposition</n>.