Welcome to "The Brutalist"

My diary as I attempt to photograph as many Brutalist buildings as possible as I work towards the ARPS distinction with the Royal Photographic Society

Hotel

Date
February 3, 2020

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Camden Town Hall Annex now the Standard Hotel

This is the former Camden Town Hall Annex designed by Camden’s in-house architects and completed in 1974. It is located opposite St Pancras and Kings Cross stations. It was feared that when Camden council moved out of these premises back in 2012 that the building would be demolished. As it turned out the majority of …

Imperial Hotel, C. Lovett Gill & Partners 1966C–1970

Date
January 27, 2020

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A trot around the West End

I finally got out on Saturday for a walk through and around the West End of London where there are plenty of examples of Brutalism scattered around. Sadly the light throughout the day was really poor – heavy overcast grey skies…not ideal for photography…but at worse I’ve had a good scouting mission! I had 12 …