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How the most modern building in Belgium unveils its new contemporary core By walking along Chaussée de la Hulpe, close to the Sonian forest, to the Southern edge of the …
![The New Belgrade City Hall, by Branislav Jovin and Stojan Maksimović, 1961-75. Copyright: Relja Ivanić.](https://www.guiding-architects.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Image-3.jpg)
The expressive architecture movement of Brutalism is experiencing new international popularity. But also hard times. Many of the buildings worldwide are decaying or at risk of being demolished. Still, Belgrade …
![Mouse Bunker main façade, as a key example of Brutalism in Berlin. Copyright. Thomas M. Krüger.](https://www.guiding-architects.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Mousebunker1.jpg)
Hardly anything in the architectural history is more frequently misunderstood than the term “brutalism”. It doesn’t mean gloomy, brutal-looking concrete monsters, but buildings whose characteristics are raw, with unadulterated material …