Love it or raze it?

The Architect's Newspaper covered the start of demolition for Crosley Tower, the University of Cincinnati landmark that exemplified Brutalist architecture.

Demolition commenced at the end of January and will take months of painstaking dismantling of the building that was erected in a single concrete pour in just 18 days back in 1969.

The story was republished in the New York Metropolitan online magazine.

The building was named for UC alumnus Powel Crosley Jr., a graduate of UC’s College of Law and College of Engineering and Applied Science. He invented the Crosley radio. It was designed by the late architect Charles Burchard, who left Cincinnati to become founding dean of Virginia Tech’s School of Architecture.

UC hired international construction firm Skanska to oversee the demolition.

“As demolition begins, our focus is to carry out this work safely, respectfully and with minimal impact on our neighbors. Because of the tower’s one-of-a-kind design, the structure will be dismantled in engineered sections,” said Chris Hopper, executive vice president and general manager of Skanska’s Cincinnati office.

Read the Architect's Newspaper story.

Featured image at top: Demolition is underway on UC's Crosley Tower. Photo/Connor Boyle/UC Marketing + Brand