Sothebys to move in and "review" brutalist Breuer Building in New York
International auction house Sotheby's has announced its acquisition of the Whitney Museum of American Art's Marcel Breuer-designed building on Madison Avenue in Manhattan. More
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Brutalist-style villa by Espacio 18 embodies "natural beauty" of Yucatán Peninsula caves
Mexican practice Espacio 18 Arquitectura has designed a concrete holiday home in Tulum with a circular window in one of the ceilings that reveals a swimming pool. More
Eight brutalist homes in Latin America
A holiday home punctuated by arches in Tulum and a "rugged" home in Argentina are among the projects in this roundup, which centres on brutalist houses in Latin American countries. More
Ludwig Godefroy creates brutalist cube-shaped home in Mexico
Mexico City-based architect Ludwig Godefroy designed a brutalist concrete holiday home in a Mexican pine forest called Casa Alférez. More
Seven Parisian brutalist buildings that illustrate the movement's "level of experimentation"
Barlett School of Architecture professor Robin Wilson has shared with Dezeen a selection of eclectic brutalist buildings in Paris that are featured in his latest book, Brutalist Paris. More
Superkül renovates reading room at Toronto's brutalist Robarts Library
Canadian studio Superkül has updated the reading room at the University of Toronto's Robarts Library, a notable example of brutalist architecture. More
Studio Noju renovates curvy apartment in brutalist Torres Blancas tower
Local firm Studio Noju has updated a two-storey Madrid apartment within the Torres Blancas high-rise with a renovation that remains "in constant dialogue" with the original apartment design. More
Powerhouse Company adds Bunker Tower to brutalist 1970s building
Dutch studio Powerhouse Company has added a stepped, residential skyscraper to Eindhoven's monolithic bunker, turning the concrete building into a "friendly giant". More
Hacker overhauls "fortress-like" brutalist library in Oregon
Colourful furnishings and large stretches of glass feature in a 1970s library building that has been updated by US studio Hacker Architects. More
"A remarkable benchmark for future conservation" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing how Mikhail Riches has restored the "original beauty" of brutalist Park Hill estate in Sheffield. More
Ten beautiful brutalist interiors with a surprisingly welcoming feel
For our latest lookbook, we've collected 10 brutalist interiors from the UK to Brazil and Indonesia that show how textiles, plants and colours can be used to soften monolithic concrete spaces and create a cosy atmosphere. More
Brutalist Marcel Breuer hotel among 2022 Modernism in America Award winners
Conservation group Docomomo US has announced the winners of its annual Modernism in America Awards, which celebrate individuals and projects that preserve modernism in the United States. More
Ten buildings that showcase Birmingham's brutalist history
A new book titled Birmingham: The Brutiful Years celebrates the UK city's brutalist structures. Here Birmingham-based creative Sharonjit Sutton, who designed the volume, picks 10 favourites. More
Moshe Safdie donates his Habitat 67 apartment to McGill University
Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie is gifting his personal unit at the brutalist-style Habitat 67 housing complex and his professional archive to his alma mater in Montreal, where he earned his architecture degree in 1961. More
NBBJ set to add two towers to Paul Rudolph's brutalist Boston Government Services Center
The state government of Massachusetts has unveiled plans by architecture studio NBBJ to redevelop the brutalist Hurley Building in Boston and add a pair of high-rises to the Paul Rudolph-designed 1970s structure. More
Marcel Breuer's brutalist office in Connecticut reopens as Hotel Marcel
Architecture studio Becker + Becker has converted a 1970s brutalist building in New Haven, designed by Hungarian-American architect Marcel Breuer, into a Passive House hotel. More
Tower in Ontario becomes world's tallest retrofitted Passivhaus structure
ERA Architects has refurbished a postwar social housing building in Hamilton, Ontario, making it the largest residential building in the world to achieve Passivhaus EnerPHit certification. More
"Cumbernauld's fate presents Scotland with a fundamental choice"
Rather than demolishing Cumbernauld's brutalist town centre, we should learn from Patrick Geddes and employ radical surgery to give the megastructure a new lease of life, writes Rory Olcayto. More
One of "most important examples of modernism in Africa" under threat
The World Monuments Fund has named the brutalist La Maison du Peuple in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, as one of the most under-threat buildings for 2022. More
Demolition of Cumbernauld's brutalist town centre "a complete outrage"
News that the brutalist town centre of Cumbernauld, Scotland, is set to be demolished and replaced as part of a council-led regeneration project has led to criticism. More