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Brutalism

Brutalism is the most aggressively unloved style in the history of modern architecture, and also one of the most photographed. Half its buildings have been...

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Brutalism is the most aggressively unloved style in the history of modern architecture, and also one of the most photographed. Half its buildings have been demolished or scheduled for it. The other half are listed monuments and Instagram backdrops. Key sections include: Brut alism.; Opening The case for concrete.; Chapter I What it is.; Chapter II The Unité.; Chapter III Alison and Peter Smithson.; Chapter IV Trellick Tower.; Chapter V The Barbican.; Chapter VI Boston City Hall.; Chapter VII Safdie's Habitat.; Chapter VIII The civic monuments..

Key sections

  • 01Brut alism.
  • 02Opening The case for concrete.
  • 03Chapter I What it is.
  • 04Chapter II The Unité.
  • 05Chapter III Alison and Peter Smithson.
  • 06Chapter IV Trellick Tower.
  • 07Chapter V The Barbican.
  • 08Chapter VI Boston City Hall.

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Slide outline
  1. 01Brut alism.
  2. 02Opening The case for concrete.
  3. 03Chapter I What it is.
  4. 04Chapter II The Unité.
  5. 05Chapter III Alison and Peter Smithson.
  6. 06Chapter IV Trellick Tower.
  7. 07Chapter V The Barbican.
  8. 08Chapter VI Boston City Hall.
  9. 09Chapter VII Safdie's Habitat.
  10. 10Chapter VIII The civic monuments.
  11. 11Chapter IX Socialist concrete.
  12. 12Chapter X Brutalism in the tropics.
  13. 13Chapter XI The British case.
  14. 14Chapter XII The material.
  15. 15Chapter XIII The collapse.
  16. 16Chapter XIV The roll of the lost.
  17. 17Chapter XV The 21st-century revival.
  18. 18Chapter XVI The new concrete.
  19. 19Chapter XVII The capital.
  20. 20Chapter XVIII American brutalism.
  21. 21Chapter XIX Brutalism on film.
  22. 22Chapter XX Was it good architecture.
  23. 23Chapter XXI The preservation problem.
  24. 24Chapter XXII The library.
  25. 25Chapter XXIII Watch & read.
  26. 26Chapter XXIV The pilgrimage.
  27. 27Chapter XXV The neo-brutalist confusion.
  28. 28Chapter XXVI What's still unresolved.
  29. 29Chapter XXVII Why it matters.
  30. 30Chapter XXVIII The next chapter.
  31. 31The end of the deck.
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