What's your favourite bit of brutalist architecture?

[Profpointy]

Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Great views across Cardigan Bay from there too. Lovely.

Another good choice - spent three happy years in its vicinity and a quite a few happy evenings within its walls

 

[Dirk]

It's all a bit Marmite, ain't it?

 

[palinurus]

Demolished 10 years ago, lived nearby for a while back in the late 80s. This older photograph is good because there's little street clutter.

I once went to see Napalm Death in the club there.

 

[green1]

This is my favourite.

 

[User6179]

Brutal ,some folk love , I hate it .
Scottish Parliament

 

[Dave 123]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/301202/7479505168/

The grad pad in Cambridge, as ugly as ugly gets!

 

[User169]

I'll vote for a local one (about 1km away). The congress centre of Delft University..

 

[Profpointy]

Demolished 10 years ago, lived nearby for a while back in the late 80s. This older photograph is good because there's little street clutter.

I once went to see Napalm Death in the club there.

Looks like it had the good "sculptural" aspects of brutalism, but certainly fell into the "hostile at street level" trap.
With a modern tart up to address the later, I'm guessing it could have been made into something rather fine

 

[palinurus]

Watford has it's own bits of suburban brutalism: here's Hille House

 

[Profpointy]

Watford has it's own bits of suburban brutalism: here's Hille House

Umm, I think the thread title included the word "favourite", which implies some kind of merit ... unless of course there's some fondly remembered youthful exploit involving a young lady in the building's shadows, not sure if this one really qualifies.

 

[Venod]

Not sure if this qualifies as brutalist.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Preston Bus Station, there was a long campaign to get it listed to save the council from demolishing it.

Also the Byker Wall. Too expansive and different across its whole length to do justice in one photo nabbed off google.

 

[palinurus]

Umm, I think the thread title included the word "favourite", which implies some kind of merit ... unless of course there's some fondly remembered youthful exploit involving a young lady in the building's shadows, not sure if this one really qualifies.

It doesn't qualify, It's off-topic. There isn't much else like it in Watford though.

 

[Hitchington]

The truly wonderful and amazing Trellick Tower

 

[theclaud]

That's awful.

My fondness for it is increasing by the moment...