#brutalist churches

[sheltiechicago]

L’Église Saint-Nicolas, Heremence, Switzerland. Designed by Walter Maria Förderer, constructed 1967-1971.

Jamie McGregor Smith Illuminates Europe’s Most Striking Brutalist Churches in ‘Sacred Modernity’

All photos © Jamie McGregor Smith, courtesy of Hatje Cantz

St. Paulus Kirche, Weckhoven, Dussoldorf, Germany. Designed by Fritz Schaller and Stefan Polónyi, constructed 1966-1970

Interior of Christi Auferstehung Kirche, Cologne, Germany

Kościół św, Dominika, Poland. Designed by Władysław Pieńkowski, constructed 1985-1994

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Brutalist catholic church in the medieval city of Idstein, Hassia, Germany. The Tower looks like an aggressive bastion, dominating it s surroundings. The architect obviously tried to make it correspondent to the ancient walls, towers and houses around.