Recently did a road trip around the Balkans. Here are some pictures.

(Originally Ministry of Post, Telegraph & Telephone).

Architect Kevin Roche on a 7.7 acre site with gardens and museum. In great shape and worth a visit.

The Punchbowl Mosque in Sydney was designed by Australian architecture firm Candalepas Associates, commissioned by the Australian Islamic Mission (AIM) to serve the local Muslim community with both a place of worship and adjoining educational and administrative facilities. Rather than following traditional ornamented Islamic architecture, the design takes a brutalist approach, presenting an externally unadorned, off-form concrete structure accented with timber and stone details, including a timber dome. Its most distinctive feature is the sculptural concrete ceiling above the main prayer hall, made up of 102 quarter-spherical "muqarnas", a modern reinterpretation of the ornamental vaulting historically used in Islamic architecture, each pierced with a small 30mm hole that lets in rays of natural light. The mosque, which can hold roughly 300 worshippers, is entered through a sequence of two courtyards: a public one connecting directly to the street and leading to the mosque, and a more private one enclosed by the administration building and classrooms, which can be opened up to join the mosque during major religious festivals and events.

My pattern was inspired by Ooki Jingus's photographs of The Nishizaki House by Studio Cochi Architects, which has shown up on this sub before.

I adore Brutalist architecture, but prefer bright colours for my home decor, so I smooshed the two together into.... this!

For my second project, I'm planning on capturing a Brutalist feature staircase. Should be fun.

Took a new (to me) medium format analog camera for a spin on the U of MN campus earlier this month. This is Williamson Hall, a strange angular building built into the earth with a deep courtyard. Google tells me it dates to 1977. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to go inside, but I’m super curious about this unusual sunken layout. I’m a major Brutalism appreciator and these finds are always fun for me, so I wanted to share with others who feel the same way.

Mamiya 645 Super, Kodak Gold 200

it was more beautiful than i imagined 🥲

Boston City Hall.. need I say more?

Credit to the original poster over at r/zillowgonewild.

If solitude is your thing...

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/60240-Juniper-Rd-Mountain-Center-CA-92561/52501288_zpid/

On my honeymoon in Peru and passed by this today. I had to stop and take a picture. According to Wikipedia, this building was designed by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara and won the Silver Lion at the 13th Venice Biennale.