McMahon Hall, a dorm at the university of washington is, I think, brutalist:
Formerly Condon Hall and Law School at UW (now home to university police, which is a good fit):
If anyone ever tells you that architects don’t make big mistakes, look at that south facing side of the building with those concrete slabs with thin slits over all the windows. This was apparently a design feature for a similar building to be sited in Arizona and the cement window coverings (and that’s exactly what they are) were meant to control sun in the afternoon. Did I mention that the building faces directly south and that it’s located in Seattle? Yeah, an extra ribbon of concrete to cover the .5% of total building material made of glass. Instead of, you know, window shades? Great idea.
The only thing worse to me than old Condon is that picture @circuitrider posted of the Amherst building that’s been or is in the process of being torn down. That one is straight up claustrophobia nightmare. It is a hunk of brick with almost no ability to see outside. Horrible looking and must have been horrible to work in. Yuck. Truly awful:
