A photographic exploration of the post-war modernist architecture of
London.
This collection of unique and evocative photography of Brutalist
architecture by Simon Phipps casts the city in a new light. Arranged by
inner London Borough, BRUTAL LONDON takes in famous examples such as the
Trellick Tower, the Brunswick Centre and the Alexandra Road Estate, as
well as lesser known housing and municipal spaces. It serves as an
introduction to buildings the reader may see every day, an invitation to
look differently, a challenge to look up afresh, or to seek out
celebrated Brutalism across the capital.
The book's portable size and maps for each borough make it useful and
practical; while the design, by leading agency A Practice for Everyday
Life, echoes the aesthetic of Brutalist architecture with rough textured
edges and fonts inspired by the site maps of modernist estates.
Finalist for the British Book Design and Production Awards 2017,
Photographic Books, Art / Architecture Monographs.