Instagram Account Combines Brutalist Architecture With Giant Cats And The Result Is Adorable (87 Pics)

We all know that a cat will sit where it fits, but if they were huge, couldn’t that become a little bit problematic? Well, you should never underestimate a cat’s ability to curl up in the most unexpected places, and this Instagram account understands that perfectly. “Cats of Brutalism” shows what would happen if cats suddenly blew up or cities shrunk. One way or another, black and white digital manipulations show cats taking over the most spectacular examples of brutalist architecture around the world.

Three students of Master of Architecture at the University at Buffalo, Emily Battaglia, Madelaine Ong, and Michaela Senay, set up the account to provide people with a “daily dose of cats and concrete,” something you’d probably never have imagined you’d enjoy so much, and didn’t expect it to become overwhelmingly popular with 83.7k Instagram followers. However, the juxtaposition of rough brutalist structures with soft and adorable cats creates absurd, yet whimsical images people can’t seem to get enough of.

Emily Battaglia, one of the creators of the project, told Bored Panda:

“We never imagined this project would reach the audience it has. Our goal originally was to reach an audience of about 1,500 in 3 months to be able to call it successful. By 3 months, we were close to 20 thousand. The response has been very positive as well. We have received a lot of appraisal and support, which is what motivates us to post daily.”

Scroll through the gallery of cat-zillas and discover the wonders of brutalist architecture at the same time, then let us know which photos you like the most!

More info: Instagram | catsofbrutalism.com

#1 “Musical Island”, Villa-Lobos State Park; Decio Tozzi, 1989, São Paulo, Brazil

Instagram Account Combines Brutalist Architecture With Giant Cats And The Result Is Adorable (87 Pics)

Instagram Account Combines Brutalist Architecture With Giant Cats And The Result Is Adorable (87 Pics)

#1 “Musical Island”, Villa-Lobos State Park; Decio Tozzi, 1989, São Paulo, Brazil

#2 Central Post Office; Janko Konstantinov, 1982, Skopje, Macedonia

#3 Textile Centre; Chee Soon Wah, 1974, Kallang, Singapore

#4 Rivergate Tower; Harry Wolf, 1988, Tampa, Florida

#5 Milwaukee Police Administration Building; 1971, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#6 U-House; Toyo Itob, 1977 D. 1988, Tokyo, Japan

#7 Palácio Da Justiça; Oscar Niemeyer, 1962, Brasilia, Brazil

#8 Mondadori Group Headquarters; Oscar Niemeyer, 1975, Milan, Italy

#9 Tate & Lyle Sugar Silo; Stuart Stephenson, 1957, Liverpool, England

#10 Omsk Musical Theatre; Lurie, Strigun And Belousova, 1981, Omsk Oblast, Russia

#11 The Rock, Brown University Library; Warner, Burns, Toan & Lunde, 1964, Providence, Rhode Island

#12 Dr Seo’s Women’s Clinic Building (Atrium Office Building); Chung-Up Kim, 1967, Seoul, Korea

#13 Ohio History Center; Ireland & Associates, 1970, Columbus, Ohio

#14 Montreal Olympic Stadium; Roger Taillibert, 1976, Montreal, Canada

#15 Sesc Pompéia; Lina Bo Bardi, 1982, São Paulo, Brazil

#16 “Bublik” Apartment Complex; Eugene Stamo, 1972, Moscow, Russia

#17 Cirqua Apartments; BKK Architects, 2017, Melbourne, Australia

#18 Rozenburg Wind Wall; Maarten Struijs, 1985, Rozenburg, Netherlands

#19 Shri Ram Center For Art And Culture; Shiv Nath Prasad & Mahendra Raj, 1969, New Delhi, India

#20 Orange County Government Center; Paul Rudolph, 1963, Goshen, New York

#21 Marina City; Bertrand Goldberg, 1964-68, Chicago, Illinois

#22 Milwaukee County War Memorial Center; Eero Saarinen, 1957, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#23 Kojomkul Sports Palace; V. Kostin And V. Marukov, 1974, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

#24 Salute Hotel; Avraam Miletsky, N. Slogotskaya, Vladimir Shevchenko, 1984, Kyiv, Ukraine

#25 Torre Dorrego; Luis T. Caffarini, Alfredo Joselevich, & Alberto Ricur, 1968 – 1970, Buenos Aires, Argentina

#26 Bruder-Klaus Field Chapel; Peter Zumthor, 2007, Mechernich, Germany

#27 Ponte City Apartments; Manfred Hermer, 1975, Johannesburg, South Africa

#28 Hotel Panorama Resort; Zdeněk Řihák, 1969, Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia

#29 Crosley Tower, University At Cincinnati; A.M. Kinney Associates, 1969, Cincinnati, Ohio

#30 Endo Pharmaceuticals Building; Paul Rudolph, 1962 – 1964, Garden City, Long Island, United States

#31 Deaton Sculptured House; Charles Deaton, 1963, Genesee, Colorado

#32 Australian High Commission; Leong Thian And Rakan Rakan, 1978, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

#33 Habitat 67; Moshe Safdie, 1967, Montreal, Quebec

#34 Hôtel Du Lac; Raffaele Contigiani, 1973,tunis, Tunisia

#35 Monument Ilinden; Jordan And Iskra Grabuloski, 1974, Krushevo, Macedonia

#36 Templo De La Dolorosa; Milton Barragán Dumet, 1978, Quito, Ecuador

#37 Former Sears Office Building; Maxwell Miller, 1971, Toronto, Canada

#38 Mube (Museu Brasileiro Da Escultura E Ecologia); Paulo Mendes Da Rocha, 1995, São Paulo, Brazil

#39 The Alley Theatre; Ulrich Franzen, 1968, Houston, Texas

#40 Cathedral Of Brasilia; Oscar Niemeyer, 1970, Brasilia, Brazil

#41 River City; Bertrand Goldberg, 1986, Chicago, Illinois

#42 Preston Bus Station; Keith Ingham, Charles Wilson & E.H. Stazicker, 1969, Lancashire, England

#43 Tower Of Shadows; Le Corbusier, 1952, Chandigarh, India

#44 Rainier Tower; Minoru Yamasaki, 1977, Seattle, Washington

#45 Cathédrale Saint-Paul D’Abidjan; Aldo Spirito, 1985, Abidjan, Côte D’ivoire

#46 Torres Blancas; Francisco Javier Saenz De Oiza, 1969, Madrid, Spain

#47 Philips Pavilion; Iannis Xenakis/ Le Corbusier Firm, B.1958 D.1959, Brussels, Belgium

#48 Il Quadrilatero (Ater), Rozzol Melara Complex; Carlo Celli & Luciano Celli, 1969 – 1983, Trieste, Italy

#49 Johannes XXIII Church; Heinz Buchmann, 1968, Cologne, Germany

#50 Romanita Collective Housing Tower; O. Vronsky, 1986, Chișinău, Moldova

#51 Mill Owners’ Association Building; Le Corbusier, 1954, Ahmedabad, India

#52 Robert C. Weaver Federal Building; Marcel Breuer, 1965, Washington, D.C.

#53 Juilliard School, Alice Tully Hall; Pietro Belluschi And Associates, 1969, New York, New York

#54 Barbican Centre; Peter Chamberlin, Geoffry Powell, And Christoph Bon, 1976, London, United Kingdom

#55 Dallas City Hall; I.M Pei & Theodore Musho, 1978, Dallas, Texas

#56 Museum Of Modern Art In Rio De Janeiro; Affonso Eduardo Reidy, 1948, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

#57 National Congress Of Brasilia; Oscar Niemeyer, 1960, Brasilia, Brazil

#58 Samuel L. Paley Library, Temple University; Nolen & Swinburne, 1965, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#59 São Paulo Museum Of Art; Lina Bo Bardi, 1968, São Paulo

#60 Unikato; Kwk Promes, 2018, Katowice, Poland

#61 Morisset Library, University Of Ottawa; Cliff Chin, 1972, Ottawa, Canada

#62 Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium; Kenzo Tange, 1962 – 1964, Takamatsu, Japan

#63 Libre – Sect. Bnp Paribas Fortis; Marcel Lambrich, C. Grochowski & D. De Laveleye, 1969-73, Brussels, Belgium

#64 Macy’s Queens Plaza; Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill, 1965, Queens, New York

#65 Jerome L. Greene Hall, Columbia University; Harrison & Abramovitz, 1961, New York, New York

#66 Dunelm House; Architects’ Co-Partnership, 1965, Durham, United Kingdom

#67 Biblioteca Nacional Mariano Moreno; Clorindo Testa, Francisco Bullrich & Alicia Cazzaniga, 1972 – 1992, Buenos Aires, Argentina

#68 Unite D’Habitation; Le Corbusier, 1952, Marseille, France

#69 Lecture Centre Brunel University; John Heywood, 1965 – 1966, Uxbridge, London

#70 Toronto City Hall; Viljo Revell, Bruce Kuwabara, 1965, Toronto, Canada

#71 Buffalo City Court; Pfohl, Roberts And Biggie, 1974, Buffalo, New York

#72 Edificio JK; Oscar Niemeyer, 1952, Belo Horizante, Brazil

#73 Embarcadero Center; John C Portman Jr, 1971-1989, San Francisco, California

#74 Hubert H. Humphrey Building; Marcel Breuer, 1977, Washington, D.C.

#75 James V. Forrestal Building; Curtis & Davis, Fordyce And Hamby Associates; Frank Grad & Sons, 1965 – 1969, Washington, D.C.

#76 Burnaby Mountain; Arthur Erickson, 1965, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia

#77 Faculty Of Fine Arts, University Of La Laguna; GPY Arquitectos, 2016, Campus De Guajara, San Cristóbal De La Laguna, Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Spain

#78 Gelman Library; Cox Graae + Spack Architects, 1971 – 1973 (Renovated 2013), George Washington University, Washington D.C.

#79 E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall; Caudill, Rowlett And Scott Of Houston, And Dalton, Van Dijk, Johnson And Partners Of Cleveland, 1973, Akron, Ohio