The Brutalist is a fictional portrait of Tóth, a Holocaust survivor trained at the Bauhaus, who embarks on a remarkable career while struggling to find his footing—both personally and professionally—in post-war America. At the heart of the movie is Tóth’s struggle to build a brutalist monument, commissioned by the industrialist Harrison Van Buren.

Martin Søberg will introduce the film and discuss how architects who immigrated from Europe to the United States around the time of World War II left a significant mark on post-war American architecture. Additionally Søberg will talk about Brutalism, a leading architectural movement of the 1960s, which also made its mark on Danish architecture—for example, in the Entrepreneurs’ School in Ebeltoft (1968) by architects Friis and Moltke, and in the Viking Ship Hall in Roskilde, designed by Erik Christian Sørensen (1969).

Martin Søberg is an architectural historian and associate professor at the Institute of Architecture and Culture at the Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation in Copenhagen. His research focuses primarily on 20th-century architecture, with an emphasis on the relationship between work and idea.

As a special treat for our CAFx members, we are giving away six (6) tickets on a first-come, first-served basis. If you are a member, send an email to johann@cafx.dk to secure your free ticket.