Concrete Concept (eBook)

Brutalist buildings around the world

Christopher Beanland (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
192 Seiten
Frances Lincoln (Verlag)
978-1-78101-203-1 (ISBN)

Infos

A lively journey around the worlds brutalist buildings Frieze.com A dazzlingly shot whistle-stop of the much-maligned styles greatest hits ... the book showcases confidence, clarity and the historical importance of the movement. Monocle No modern architectural movement has aroused so much awe and so much ire as Brutalism. 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. This inspiring and informative photographic survey profiles 50 brutalist buildings from around the world. Travelling the globe from Le Corbusiers United'Habitation(Marseille, France), to the Former Whitney Museum (New York City, USA) to Preston Bus Station (Preston, UK) this book covers concrete architecture in its most extraordinary forms, demonstrating how Brutalism has changed our landscapes and infected popular culture. Now in a stylish mini format, this is the perfect tour of Brutalisms biggest hits.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.12.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• Schlagworte: 1960s • 33 Thomas Street • Architectural Photography • Around the World • ART • Aula at Delft University • Balfron Tower • Banco de Londres y AmОrica del Sur • Bank of Georgia • Barbican • Birmingham Central Library • Birmingham New Street Signal Box • blocks • books • British • British Embassy • Brutal • Brutalism • Brutalist Architecture • buildings • Busto Arsizio Technical College • Carlton Centre • CCSS, San JosО • centre • Centre Jean Hachette • communism • communist • Concrete • contested architecture • Couvent Sainte-Marie de la Tourette • Cultural Centre of The Philippines • Culture • Engineering • Estates • Flaine ski resort • Frank Lloyd Wright • Geisel Library • Global • Government Service Center • Habitat 67 • Hayward Gallery • International architects • Jonathan Meades • La Pyramide • Le Corbusier • Leeds University • London • Maria-Magdalena Church • Marina City • MASP art museum and SESC Pompeia • modernist • Moore Street Electricity Substation • Moshe Safdie • Munich Olympic Village and Park • Nathan Phillips Square and Toronto City Hall • National Theatre • Nichinan Cultural Centre • North • Orange County Government Center • Oscar Niemeyer • Palace of Assembly • Palacio da JustiНa • Palacio de JustiНa • Park Hill Estate • Pilgrimage church • Post-War • Preston Bus Station • Queen Elizabeth Hall • Robin Hood Gardens • Skopje Post Office • soviet embassy • Spaghetti Junction • The 9 • The Barbican • The Beehive • The Former Whitney Museum • Torres blancas • Trellick Tower • UC San Diego • Ulster Museum • UnitО d'Habitation • University of East Anglia • University of Sydney • Washington DC Metro • World • Wotruba Church • Yale Art & Architecture Building
• ISBN-10: 1-78101-203-2 / 1781012032
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78101-203-1 / 9781781012031