Atlas of brutalist architecture / commissioning editor, Virginia McLeod ; project editor, Emma Barton.

Contributor(s): McLeod, Virginia [editor.] | Barton, Emma [editor.] | Phaidon PressMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: London : Phaidon Press Limited, 2020Copyright date: ©2018Edition: New editionDescription: 567 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1838661905; 9781838661908Subject(s): 1900-1999 | Brutalism (Architecture) | Brutalism (Architecture) -- Pictorial works | Architecture, Modern -- 20th century | Architecture, Modern | Brutalism (Architecture)Genre/Form: Pictorial works.DDC classification: 724/.6 LOC classification: NA682.B7 .A85 2020
Contents:
Brutalist Architecture Past, Present, Future -- The State of Brutalist Architecture -- North America -- Central America -- South America -- Europe West -- Europe East -- Middle East -- Africa -- Asia -- Australasia.
Summary: The Brutalist aesthetic is enjoying a renaissance - and this book documents Brutalism as never before. In the most wide-ranging investigation ever undertaken into one of architecture's most powerful movements, more than 850 Brutalist buildings - existing and demolished, classic and contemporary - are organized geographically into nine continental regions. 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Brutalist Architecture Past, Present, Future -- The State of Brutalist Architecture -- North America -- Central America -- South America -- Europe West -- Europe East -- Middle East -- Africa -- Asia -- Australasia.

The Brutalist aesthetic is enjoying a renaissance - and this book documents Brutalism as never before. In the most wide-ranging investigation ever undertaken into one of architecture's most powerful movements, more than 850 Brutalist buildings - existing and demolished, classic and contemporary - are organized geographically into nine continental regions. 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.

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