Brutalisme Bruxelles

[2026]
This very first volume on Brutalism in Brussels explores this architectural movement, which flourished globally in the 1950s and 1960s, and began to decline by the late 1970s for several reasons. Though Brutalism is often reduced to concrete (unfortunately), it is far more complex and layered. It’s not a style, it’s an ideology (which is often overlooked in many publications).

This book gives a wide overview of the diversity of Brutalism in Brussels: office buildings, housing, university campuses, hospitals, cultural centres, churches, underground stations and even works by artists.

Edited by Jean-Marc Basyn

Texts by Jean-Marc Basyn, Véronique Boone, Tom Broes, Angélique Campens, Maurizio Cohen, Robby Fivez, Jacinthe Gigou, Gérald Ledent, Réjean Legault, Géry Leloutre, Laura Lievevrouw, Giulia Marino, Arthur Schweisthal, Sophia Sentissi, Emma Simonin, Iwan Strauven, Wouter Van Acker, Stephanie Van de Voorde, Ellen Van Impe, and Tom Verhofstadt

With photographs by Adam Paluch and many others

Published by CFC éditions

Swiss binding, 21 x 29.7 cm, 304 pages, french