totheskies Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 I'm trying to compile a thread for all of the brutalist/neo brutalist buildings in Houston. There are a wide range of brutalist installations here.-Alley Theater-Moody Towers (UofH)-Farish Hall (UofH)-Agnes Arnold Hall (UofH)-The Science and Research Complex (UofH)Those are the ones I know off-hand. What are some other brutalist style buildings in our area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Houston Post building at 610/59 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Would City Hall Annex count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 I'm not great at telling one style from another, especially when brutalist merges into international style, but I'll suggest:Central Library BuildingChancery of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galveston-HoustonThe old Federal Reserve buildingHouston Chronicle building?The Melrose Building Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan the Man Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Howard Barnstone's Center for the Retarded on Allen Parkway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 The former HISD headquarters was brutalist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I would also say that they brutalized the old art deco strip center at Westheimer and Montrose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmer Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I submit:Gregory-Lincoln Education Center, formerly Lincoln High School, Taft and Dallas, demolished 2008Taft and DallasAt Rice: Lovett College and Richardson CollegeLovett and Richardson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan the Man Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Neiman Marcus store in the Galleria. Forgot who the architect was... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 ^Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Houston Post building at 610/59You beat me to it.Neiman Marcus store in the Galleria. Forgot who the architect was...Don't forget the DIllard's (old Joske's) across the way.The Flea Market II building next to the old Levitz furniture on 610 south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmer Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 The Flea Market II building next to the old Levitz furniture on 610 south.I was just driving by there yesterday and I thought that might qualify.Any other big HISD schools, like Sharpstown or Westbury, maybe? Seems like 60s institutional more or less equals Brutalist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Texas Woman's Hospital. Terrible hodge podge of brutal architecture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Both the Law School and Student Life Center at TSU are late 70s examples of Brutalist Architecture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 -The Science and Research Complex (UofH)? Maybe PGH?I believe SR1 was designed by Mckee and Kamrath,very Wrightian & SR2 is of similar design and obviously built later. And HSC is by the same architect as the GRB convention center and reflects as much. Farish Hall is great example of Brutalism. I did my first shading device studies on the fenestration. For those whose don't know, anytime you see the patterned tie indentions in the concrete surface it's Brutalism. While it's easy to pick on these buildings b/c they are not outwardly "pretty" they are very important to the architectural profession relative to the time of their advent by the Smithsons and later perfected by Kahn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Maybe the AT&T/SWBell building on Fannin just north of OST (built around 1972).. This is a low-quality streetview image, but the bell is still on the front of the building. It has been covered/filled in now. Two different local live map images show it during and after the bell cover-up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecondTour Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 There was a building that was torn down to make way for Toyota Center that had a Brutalist look similar to the downtown library. Don't know what it was though. This one; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 There was a building that was torn down to make way for Toyota Center that had a Brutalist look similar to the downtown library. Don't know what it was though.This one; For some reason, I think that building had something to do with the water or electric company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Editor. seems like there was another thread on Brutalist architecture not too long ago. Combine?The former HISD headquarters was brutalist.It was brutally brutalist. But of all the ones here in Houston, I liked it the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 There was a building that was torn down to make way for Toyota Center that had a Brutalist look similar to the downtown library. Don't know what it was though.This one;For some reason, I think that building had something to do with the water or electric company.Yeah, that was the Houston Lighting and Power Company's Energy Control Center (built 1972) designed by Caudill, Rowlett, and Scott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 UH main campus bldgs constructed in the Brutalist manner. Farish Hall UC main Conrad Hilton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Didn't know that HL&P bldg was gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Here is a closer view of the ATT building on Fannin (minus the inlaid bell ) and one from the south: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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