Concrete concept: brutalist buildings around the world

No modern architectural movement has aroused so much awe and so much ire as Brutalism. This global survey profiles 50 brutalist beasts around the world (built between the 1950s to 1970s), and demonstrates how Brutalism infected popular culture. This is architecture at its most assertive: compelling,...

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Main Author: Beanland, Christopher (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Frances Lincoln Limited 2016
Edition:First Frances Lincoln edition
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Summary:No modern architectural movement has aroused so much awe and so much ire as Brutalism. This global survey profiles 50 brutalist beasts around the world (built between the 1950s to 1970s), and demonstrates how Brutalism infected popular culture. This is architecture at its most assertive: compelling, distinctive, sometimes terrifying. But, as Concrete Concept shows, Brutalism can be about love as well as hate.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:192 Seiten
ISBN:9780711237643

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