7 brutalism Hotels
Tivoli Mofarrej - Brutalist Luxury in the Heart of São Paulo
When most people think of Brazil, São Paulo doesn't immediately spring to mind. The financial powerhouse, sprawling and intense, gets overshadowed by visions of Rio's beaches and the Amazon's wild expanses. But the city itself is a revelation. Its world-class dining scene, bold architecture, and vibrant yet somehow relaxed atmosphere …
Reverb by Hard Rock Hamburg - Nazi Fortress Turned Into A Hip Hotel With A Sky Forest
Reverb by Hard Rock Hamburg, aka the "Green Bunker," is one of the most unusual hotels in the world. It was built on top of a former WW2 fortress, and after a lengthy reconstruction, which started in 2019, the bunker hotel opened in July 2024. It has 134 rooms, four …
Bunker L479 - Former Nazi Structure in Brittany Turned into a Quirky Underground Rental
The French couple Serge and Virginie embarked on an ambitious project to transform a former World War II bunker in the quaint village of Saint-Pabu into a quirky living space for those not afraid to stay underground. The original military structure, "Luftwaffe Station Renntier", was built in 1943 in Saint-Pabu …
Atlanta Marriott Marquis - The "Coca-Cola" Building with the World's Most Impressive Atrium
The Atlanta Marriott Marquis is a 554-foot (169-meter) skyscraper in Atlanta operated as a hotel by the Marriott hotel chain. The brutalist tower was designed by architect John Calvin Portman Jr. - an American architect who has won numerous awards and designed numerous skyscrapers (especially hotels) in the United States, …
Paradero Todos Santos - The Beauty Of Brutalism
Paradero's brutalist-style nature villa is situated on the west coast of Baja California, where the ocean meets the mountain town of Todos Santos. Brutalist architecture emerged from the post-war era in the 1950s in the United Kingdom. Brutalism was a way to express a departure from the 1940s architecture with …
Hotel Terrestre - Brutalist-Inspired Villas In Puerto Escondido
Puerto Escondido is Mexico's picturesque coastal town with vibrant nightlife and pristine beaches with rocky cliffs, also known as the Emerald Coast. Before the 1930s, there was nothing but wild nature here. Today, it's one of the biggest tourist attractions on the Oaxacan coast, with some of the best surfing …
Hotel Marcel New Haven - The Brutalist Landmark That Became America's Greenest Hotel
Driving down I-95 through New Haven, Connecticut, you can't miss the hulking concrete mass that is Hotel Marcel. This nine-story Brutalist landmark, with its distinctive two-story gap splitting the building in half, spent decades rotting away after the tire companies left. Now it's been reborn as America's first zero-emission hotel, …