New book reflects on Sydney’s lost and remaining brutalist structures - Architecture

Design writer and co-founder of Good Habitat and the Australian Design Unit, Heidi Dokulil has released a new book that investigates the contentious architectural genre of brutalism in Sydney, its migration from Europe to Australia, and its uncertain future.

Sydney Brutalism was inspired by the controversy surrounding the sale and threatened demolition of the Sirius building in Millers Point. Heidi observed that the movement to preserve the building extended beyond the architectural profession and became a topic of conversation in the wider public sphere. Sirius was saved from the wrecking ball but that didn’t end the conversation. The renewed attention revived an interest in Sydney’s forgotten brutalist buildings, resulting in more than ten buildings across Australia being added to state and local heritage lists in the past five years.

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