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Through their analysis, Wilson and Green unpack the complexity of Brutalist architecture, providing valuable insights into the movement's lasting significance. Instead, it puts the spotlight on 50 key buildings, connecting them with seven academic essays that look deep into French culture’s relationship with architecture, modernity, and social change. It is strange given the enormous wealth of extremely high modernist architecture in and (mainly) around Paris that there isn't a book in English on the subject already. He finds that what really singled it out, “was the extent to which its mission rested not on ideology, not even on concrete, but on its attitude to energy.

The book is the result of many journeys, from the Parisian centre to its outer peripheries, and situates Brutalism within the broader social, political and cultural context of Paris, including its appearance in film and television. It includes more than 200 images filled with warm light and saturated hues, revealing a diversity of color and detail that may often be lost on the casual observer. Showcasing the transformative power of nature in today’s cities, Urban Oasis is a journey through the innovative and inspiring green city spaces rising around the world to meet the challenges of the climate crisis and social inequality. Featured architects include: John Andrews; João Batista Vilanova Artigas; Lina Bo Bardi; Bogdan Bogdanović; Marcel Breuer; Douglas Cardinal; André-Jacques Dunoyer de Segonzac; Bertrand Goldberg; Ernő Goldfinger; Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak; Agustín Hernández Navarro; John M. The Brutalists: Brutalism’s Best Architects is an elegantly designed tidy tome dedicated to a wide range of sculpturally expressive buildings broadly identified as Brutalist architecture.

Vilified for decades as the stepchild of modernism, brutalist architecture is now enjoying a comeback as the latest discovery among digital trendsetters: uncompromising and incredibly daring, the colossal structures of the 1960s and 1970s both stand as testament to the post-war years and inspire contemporary architectural language. It also illustrates how, despite vast differences in political ideologies, both East and West Berlin employed remarkably similar approaches to the creation of new urban spaces. Phaidon announce their latest photo–book – a global survey of Brutalist architecture, based around 878 buildings from 798 architects, and ranging across 102 countries. A series of illustrated paper models portraying the brutalist architecture of Paris from the late 1950s to the 1970s.

Phaidon offers readers new perspectives on their everyday surroundings, encouraging individuals to re-evaluate the built environments. Studio Fuksas’s San Paolo Church and Parish Complex built in Umbria, Italy, in 2009, is depicted in five pages. A unique photographic essay on mass housing estates erected in the former Eastern Bloc and the people who live in them.

Former runways, abandoned buildings, disused railways and more: discover the urban spaces worldwide that have been transformed into green havens. The Brutalists also examines the dualities of the style; how it embodies both the future and the past. Publication dates are subject to change (although this is an extremely uncommon occurrence overall). The book condenses critical discussions about pedagogical, collaborative and inclusive approaches that can be taken to enhance the representation of spaces in galleries and museums. But as the examples in the book demonstrate, concrete was not exclusive to many of the Brutalist examples.

New York Times Best Art Book of 2018 - "Newcomers will discover the global influence of brutalism, that final age of civic architectural ambition; true believers can use it to prepare years of concrete-coated vacations. The author’s ambition to give equal space to as many architects as possible, unfortunately, left many of the iconic buildings that we associate with Brutalism out of the picture.Nothing cheap here, that’s for sure, but this is perfect for special treats, and there’s IKEA for the rest! Much-loved masterpieces in the UK and USA sit alongside lesser-known examples in Europe, Asia, Australia, and beyond - 102 countries in all, proving that Brutalism was, and continues to be, a truly international architectural phenomenon. This book is not just for architects and designers engaged in the production of space, but for all those who seek a richer understanding of their place in the built world. This book, written and photographed by Jack Young - who has spent the last two years visiting every corner of London to find the city's most unique structures - features beautiful images, personal interviews and design insights that celebrate some of our most vital urban buildings. At least one project, a private house, Casa Zicatela, designed by Ludwig Godefroy and built in Oaxaca, Mexico, in 2015, is illustrated in six(!