Impressive buildings in the style of Soviet brutalism (20 photos)

Brutalism in architecture is associated with the USSR for many people. But Great Britain is the birthplace of this direction. Brutalism takes its toll beginning in the 1950s, and over the next 20 years the architects of Europe, Japan and the United States also decided to try this style. However, rough and massive forms somehow did not take root there. But the Soviet architects brutalism was very much to their liking and they erected a lot of impressive buildings in this style. From this, the opinion arose that it was purely Soviet chip and invention. Brutalism in the future began to be criticized for ugly compositional solutions, but in our area it took root and became an important part of a piece of history. By the way, how do you like this style in architecture?

And before we start, some interesting background information.

Brutalism is a direction of modernism that actively developed in post-war years. Its main features are the underlined massiveness of forms, urbanism and lack of decoration. IN the international character of the buildings was necessarily highlighted. The predominant building material is reinforced concrete.

Monument on Freedom Hill in Ilirska Bistrica, Slovenia





Year of construction: 1965

The building of the Ministry of Highways of the Georgian SSR



Year of construction: 1974

Currently owned by the Bank of Georgia and used as an office building.

Boarding house "Druzhba", which is located in Kurpaty, Crimea





Year of construction: 1985

The building of the Russian embassy in Cuba (originally the embassy of the USSR was located here)



The building of the Russian embassy in Cuba (originally the embassy of the USSR was located here)

Central Research Institute of Robotics and Technical Cybernetics - one of the largest scientific centers in Russia, St. Petersburg





Years of construction: 1973-1986

Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia



Year of construction: 1981

New Stage - National Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic



Years of construction: 1977-1983

House of Soviets, Kaliningrad



Years of construction: 1970-1990

Residential complex "Aul", Almaty, Kazakhstan



Years of construction: 1986-2002

Monument "1300 years of Bulgaria"



Year of construction: 1981

Building of the Slovak Radio, Bratislava, Slovakia



Year of construction: 1983

Monument to the revolution of the Moslavin people, Croatia



Year of construction: 1967

Cosmos Hotel, Moscow



Year of construction: 1979

Monument to Yuri Gagarin, located on the square of the same name on Leninsky Prospekt. Located in Moscow



Year of construction: 1980

Ukrainian Institute of Scientific and Technical Expertise and Information, Kyiv



Year of construction: 1971

Solar complex "Sun", Uzbekistan



Years of construction: 1981-1987

Wedding Palace, Tbilisi, Georgia



Year of construction: 1985

House on legs, St. Petersburg



Year of construction: 1987

Some similar houses in the city were commissioned after the collapse of the USSR.

Soviet brutalist house in the center of Minsk



Soviet brutalist house in the center of Minsk