We celebrate the wealth of Brutalist architecture in and around our nation's capital, Washington, D.C. We celebrate Brutalism in and around Washington, D.C.
Our nation’s capital has a wealth of Brutalist architecture, much of it concentrated in the government center at L’Enfant Plaza, but with plenty of other fine examples of Brutalism spread throughout the District of Columbia, and beyond.
10/04/2024
Happy 50th birthday to the !
Opened October 4, 1974
Designed by Gordon Bunshaft for
Here's a Hirshhorn-styled Bun(dt)shaft cake on a 3D printed Hirshhorn cakes stand. Big thanks to for the conceptualization and for making the model printable.
Cake is a Sesame Swenson Pink Peppercorn - basically a yellow box cake with black sesame seeds, vanilla bean, and pink peppercorn aggregate.
Happy 50th!
09/27/2019
Vanishing into the weekend
08/31/2019
CPMC
goes to
08/30/2019
Vaiilancourt Fountain and John Portman's Hyatt
goes to
08/28/2019
Sunderland Building, Dupont Circle
08/21/2019
Breaking grids at
08/08/2019
Wah Luck House in Chinatown
08/03/2019
Brutalism meets Colorado Tuscan vernacular at by Architectural Associates of Colorado
goes to Boulder
08/01/2019
More from I.M. Pei's NCAR
goes to Boulder @ NCAR UCAR Science Education
07/27/2019
HUD, by Marcel Breuer
07/20/2019
Ah, the early days of Metro ...
07/17/2019
CFPB, by Max O. Urbahn Associates (architect), and Sasaki Associates (landscape architect).