FBI Building © Ty Cole
The National Building Museum opens Capital Brutalism on June 1, and we couldn’t be more excited! It has long been a dream to have an exhibition on all of the Brutalist buildings DC has to offer, and it’s finally happening, just in time for the 2024 AIA Convention to land in the District.
Exhibition co-curators Angela Person and Ty Cole have put together an amazing show that looks at the past, present, and possible futures of seven local landmarks. Historic images and documents are accompanied by Ty Cole’s new photography as well as a selection of creative reimaginings by leading architecture firms including BLDUS, Brooks + Scarpa, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Gensler, and Studio Gang, along with students from the School of Architecture at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. BrutalistDC founder Deane Madsen consulted on the exhibition and lent several pieces of memorabilia to the show.
Capital Brutalism was first shown (as Brutal DC) at the Southern Utah Museum of Art last winter.