Brutalist Architecture in Omaha

[Seth]

Apologies if this has already been posted, or should be in a different topic (feel free to move), but I thought this was an interesting article in the Reader about Brutalist architecture in Omaha. My first love may be Victorian and pre-war 20th-century architecture, but I also see the value in preserving notable examples of other architectural styles, as it's part of our heritage and helps illustrate thinking and styles of times gone by.

http://www.thereader.com/story/concrete_mix

[ricko]

I'm not an expert, but I always thought the Dale Clark Library and the original Central Park Mall (the original name for the Gene Leahey Mall), before they removed all the concrete, would qualify.

[RNcyanide]

The OWH building and Methodist Hospital are good examples too.

[Garrett]

The OWH building and Methodist Hospital are good examples too.

Not really. Brutalist architecture is... Well a lot different from those.

[RNcyanide]

The OWH building and Methodist Hospital are good examples too.

Not really. Brutalist architecture is... Well a lot different from those.

Mmmm... I'll give you back methodist hospital, but I still stand by the OWH building. It's not DC level brutalism, it just takes a more minimal approach. If it were grey concrete instead of Sandy colored whatever, I think it'd fit the description a little more.

[RNcyanide]

Okay fine I consulted emporis on this one and the OWH building is in fact modernism. It still seems like brutalist modernism, but modernism nonetheless.