Brutalism Reinvented
Author: Agata Toromanoff (Ed.)
Publisher: Prestel
Language:
Pages: 240
Size: 21.7 x 27.8 cm
Weight:
1.3080 kg
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9783791388113
Availability:
In stock
Price:
€45.00
Product Description
This book features fifty recent examples of how architects around the world are embracing the principles of brutalism - simplicity, functionality, and rawness - and reimagining them for today's standards and tastes. Drawing from the radical approach of the controversial architectural movement, today's Brutalist buildings are both sophisticated and elegant.
As the hundreds of exterior and interior photos in this book reveal, architects have taken advantage of new technology to make concrete-based structures that are refined and alluring, as well as stylish and modish. Each chapter is dedicated to a different type of building and is introduced with a selection of iconic structures as an essential visual reference for Brutalism's new look. In some instances the overall strength of the aesthetic is paired with equally forceful materials such as glass, metal and brick; other examples show how classically brutalist lines are integrated into generously proportioned, light-filled spaces.
An informative celebration of Brutalist architecture's legacy, this book is an exciting exploration of how today's most innovative architects are discovering the inherent beauty of powerful concrete volumes that was at the heart of Le Corbusier's original vision.