Finalist for the British Book Design and Production Awards
A photographic exploration of the post-war modernist architecture of London. This collection of unique and evocative photography 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.
'Brutalism is back in vogue... Now we've come to love the iconic, it's time to explore further' Londonist
Rezensionen / Stimmen
'Endlessly dip-in-able' Journal of the London Society 'Phipps expounds upon his clear passion for brutalist architecture in a collection of his own black-and-white shots... arranged in boroughs with accompanying maps, functions as something of a walking guide to London's best brutalist buildings, accompanied by thoughtful notes that offer convincing, and somewhat romantic interpretations of these buildings' austere geometry and physical narratives' Mr Porter 'Brutalism is back in vogue... Now we've come to love the iconic, it's time to explore further' Londonist
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Verlagsort
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Maße
Höhe: 208 mm
Breite: 156 mm
Dicke: 25 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-910463-63-5 (9781910463635)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Simon Phipps, born in Leeds, is an artist based in London. He is a graduate in sculpture from the Royal College of Art and a renowned photographer of post-war modernist architecture. He is the author of the books: Brutal London, Finding Brutalism, Concrete Poetry: Post-War Modernist Public Art, Brutal North, Brutal Outer London and Brutal Wales/Cymru Friwtalaidd. Finding Brutalism was a winner of the 2018 DAM Architectural Book Award and Brutal London was a finalist for the British Book and Production Awards 2017. @new_brutalism
Introduction; Individual chapters of photography on 15 London boroughs rich in Post-War architecture; Building information; Further Reading.
