Where is this building? It looks like a modern take on the brutalist movement of the early-mid 1900s. Repeated rectangle motif and raw exposed concrete, minimal, if any, adornment.
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Where is this building? It looks like a modern take on the brutalist movement of the early-mid 1900s. Repeated rectangle motif and raw exposed concrete, minimal, if any, adornment.
It's in Newcastle. Not sure what it is called though.
Found it! Originally called "Swan House", now called "55 degrees north".
http://manchesterhistory.net/architecture/1960/swanhouse.html
https://55degsnorth.co.uk/2017/02/21/new-lobby-at-55-degrees-north/
And here's a document on the history of the location and building (pretty neat): https://fiftyfivedegrees.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/55-degrees-northfinal.pdf
Yes you are right that rings a bell!