ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/1140932/project-and-destiny-the-brutalist-prompts-difficult-reflections-on-the-architects-craft Sun, 05 Jul 2026 19:34:00 +0000 Francesco Perrotta-Bosch https://www.archdaily.com/1140932/project-and-destiny-the-brutalist-prompts-difficult-reflections-on-the-architects-craft If you have not yet seen "The Brutalist" and plan to do so, I recommend that you stop reading now and save this piece for after you watch it. Spoilers abound in the paragraphs below. If you are expecting a traditional film review, my apologies in advance: this is an architectural critique stemming from the themes explored in the movie.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1123582/spbr-arquitetos-set-to-open-sao-bernardo-do-campo-emergency-hospital Sun, 05 Jul 2026 17:40:00 +0000 Francesco Perrotta-Bosch https://www.archdaily.com/1123582/spbr-arquitetos-set-to-open-sao-bernardo-do-campo-emergency-hospital Being admitted to a hospital means entering an experience of anxiety and uncertainty. At a moment when survival is the sole objective, aesthetic attributes seem irrelevant, and analyzing the ambience of the hospital environment might feel like an untimely indulgence.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1123345/the-cursed-building Sun, 05 Jul 2026 17:39:00 +0000 Francesco Perrotta-Bosch https://www.archdaily.com/1123345/the-cursed-building "A hideous project for the future Tourist Information Center, to be located in front of the Palácio dos Despachos, a true 'modernist' terror." These harsh words from social columnist Anna Marina Siqueira in the Belo Horizonte newspaper Diário da Tarde in 1985 referred to the new building constructed on Praça da Liberdade, then the political epicenter of Minas Gerais. It was inaugurated as the Tancredo Neves Tourist Support Center and, for many years, housed the Professor Djalma Guimarães Mineralogy Museum. In April 2017, it reopened after a restoration, becoming the Visitor Information Center of the Circuito Liberdade and the Hub Minas Digital. While its location outside the Rio-São Paulo axis might make these official names unfamiliar to some, its popular moniker makes it instantly recognizable: it is known as the Rainha da Sucata (Queen of Scrap Metal), and has even been called the ugliest building in Brazil.

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