HEARTBRUT
CHAMPIONING BRUTALISM SINCE 2019
Switzerland's best brutalist icons
And where to find them
NEWS & NEXT
14-16.3 HEARTBRUT GOES ROME!
Ah, bella Italia 🇮🇹
It all started in December with a trip to Seregno to see my favourite female footballer play. The experience was so high drama, I wanted more. So, I booked a trip to see her play in Rome. Nope, I haven’t gone mad. I’m simply photo opp-maxxing. The football stadium happens to be right next to the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana. Then, there’s the Pantheon, the Roman übermother of all concrete beauties. There’s Via Veneto, the birthplace of the paparazzo. The list goes on. In fact, I would be mad to let this opportunity slip. The challenge is how fitting it all into a long weekend without dying from beauty overload.
I began training in January with fortnightly trips to Milan to improve my Italian and hone my football photography skills. On my last trip, I managed to bump into AS Roma Women at Milano Centrale station. So, yeah, I feel very ready for Rome!
This is on my 📸 to-do list:
- AS Roma Women – Fiorentina Women at Stadio Tre Fontane
- The Pantheon, Colosseum and other Roman Concrete icons
- A date with a proper brutalist beauty
- Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana / a fresh take on rationalism
- Honour paparazza culture and catching Roman sprezzatura
Follow me along
🏛️ Architecture, art and Rome vibes @heartbrut_official
⚽️❤️🔥 Female football fan clubbing @scoreshesaid
11.4 BRUTAL ZURICH WALK: GAME CHANGERS!
📆 Sat 11.4, 10 am
📍Kunsthaus Chipperfield Extension, Heimplatz 2, 8001 Zurich
🏛️ Kunsthaus → Pavillon Le Corbusier
🕙 Duration: 2h
🏃♀️ Level: easy
🏴🇩🇪 Language: ENG /DE
☀️☔️ Takes place in all weathers
💳 Cost: 25 CHF
✅ Visit eight brutalism-inspired, architectural and cultural game changers along the Cultural Mile and the lake from the 1960s to the present day
✅ Incl. Kanti Rämibühl, a real concrete monster and the new Calatrava building
✅ Learn about the buildings’ striking bios plus fun facts
✅ Discover urban oases you didn’t know existed
🧑🏻Your tour guide is Karin Bürki, Head of HEARTBRUT
ℹ️ You are responsible for your own insurance. Mostly external viewings
25.4 BRUTAL ZURICH BIKE RIDE: TOWER POWER!
📆 Sat 25.4, 10 am
📍Hochhaus zur Palme, Bleicherweg 33, 8002 Zurich, main entrance
🏛️ Zur Palme High-Rise → Triemli Tower → National Museum extension
🕙 Duration: 2h / ride time: 48min
🚴🏼 Level: mostly easy, short, challenging incline in Triemli area (don’t worry, we bike slowly/push bike)
🚲 Bring your own bike / helmet recommended
🏴🇩🇪 Language: ENG /DE
☀️☔️ Takes place in all weathers
💳 Cost: 25 CHF
✅ Explore Zurich’s toughest towers and brutalist icons by bike
✅ From the 1960s to the present day
✅ 9 objects, incl. Triemli Tower, Hardau Towers, Swissmill Tower
✅ Learn about the buildings’ striking bios plus fun facts
✅ Discover cutting-edge eco-brutalism
✅ Boost your brutalist fitness AND get a great cardio workout in one ride!
🧑🏻 Your tour guide is Karin Bürki, Head of HEARTBRUT
ℹ️ You are responsible for your own insurance. Mostly external viewings
Book and complete your experience until 8 May 2026 and benefit from up to 100 CHF off!