the Igman Hotel, Brutalist hotel for the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo
Well, the absolutely very best of Brutalist Sarajevo architecture, then, for the very last. Outside Sarajevo is another hotel, built for the Olympics. The 162-room Igman Hotel, close to the past ski jumping station, did not survive the war, and has been abandoned since. They don’t come much more Brutalist than this, one hump of solid concrete, yet artistically distributed, apparently representing traditional Bosnian forms. As with abandoned places, they are a great place for graffiti, mostly of the more constructive kind; wandering through the hotel and up its five or six floors is a great experience – at least for those with a recently developed interest in Brutalist architecture.
the main entrance of the hotel
what used to be the pool, I suppose
another view of the hotel
and one more, with autumn colours
it cannot get more concrete than this
the only colour provided are autumn colours
concrete and trees
not much left inside
although the stairs still operate
the other colours come from graffiti
not fabulous, but everything counts, in such a drab location
once more, now the whole picture
the nearby ski piste
in its full glory
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