A landmark survey of one of architecture's most controversial yet
popular styles - in a great, new, classic edition
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.
Includes twentieth-century masters such as Marcel Breuer, Lina Bo Bardi,
Le Corbusier, Carlo Scarpa, Ernö Goldfinger, Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis
Kahn, and Paul Rudolph. Contemporary architects featured include Alvaro
Siza, Coop Himmelb(l)au, David Chipperfield, Herzog & de Meuron, Jean
Nouvel, SANAA, OMA, Renzo Piano, Tadao Ando, and Zaha Hadid.
Praise for previous edition:
The 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 New York Times
