From Cold to Iconic

Cover image for Issue 02, "From Cold to Iconic", showing brutalist concrete architecture.

Issue

02

How did brutalism go from architectural pariah to cultural obsession? This issue traces the shift through two lenses: the photographers who turned concrete into art, and the designers who absorbed brutalism's grid logic into screens, posters, and interfaces. A story about looking, framing, and the power of an image to change a building's reputation entirely.

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Cover photograph of brutalist concrete architecture for the article "Cities in One Building: The Brutalist Dream of the Megastructure".

Cities in One Building: The Brutalist Dream of the Megastructure

Some architects dreamed of buildings the size of cities—single concrete frameworks holding homes, streets, and shops. The megastructure was brutalism's most utopian and most fragile idea.

Cover photograph of brutalist concrete architecture for the article "Cities in One Building: The Brutalist Dream of the Megastructure".

Cities in One Building: The Brutalist Dream of the Megastructure

Some architects dreamed of buildings the size of cities—single concrete frameworks holding homes, streets, and shops. The megastructure was brutalism's most utopian and most fragile idea.

Cover photograph of brutalist concrete architecture for the article "Cities in One Building: The Brutalist Dream of the Megastructure".

Cities in One Building: The Brutalist Dream of the Megastructure

Some architects dreamed of buildings the size of cities—single concrete frameworks holding homes, streets, and shops. The megastructure was brutalism's most utopian and most fragile idea.

Cover image for Issue 02, "From Cold to Iconic", showing brutalist concrete architecture.

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