The Department of Housing and Urban and Development announced that it is leaving its headquarters in Washington for a space in northern Virginia. Getty Images There’s a reason God created dynamite.

RALEIGH — Among the scores of buildings here, the city will soon lose its "ugliest." At least that’s the description some residents have bestowed, somewhat admiringly, upon the ill-fated Bath Building ...

If you’ve seen a large building made entirely out of concrete built sometime between the 1950s and 1970s, you’ve probably seen the style of architecture known as brutalism. People have a lot of ...

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From sidewalks to highways to entire buildings, concrete covers our city. It’s cold, uncomfortable to sit on and dull in color. Still, concrete is beautiful. My love for this cementitious building ...

Skyscrapers are typically places for people to live and work. But what if they could also help save the world? That’s the idea behind the design journal eVolo’s annual skyscraper competition, which ...

It's a real mystery why a design style called Brutalism didn't catch on. If you haven't heard of the style, you might think, "Hmm, sounds nasty. Mean. Cruel. You know, brutal." In my opinion, you'd be ...

In 2022, a group of German museums, non-profits, and trade magazines came together to launch #SOSBrutalism, a campaign to save Brutalist architecture around the world from demolition. Where others see ...

Our bookshelves are buckling under the sheer weight of concrete volumes, but Blue Crow Media’s latest treatise on the topic is at least lightweight – in form if not in subject. Brutalist Berlin is a ...