Raw Concrete: The Beauty of Brutalism

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AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEARBeginning in a tiny hermitage on the remote north Scottish coast, and ending up backstage at the National Theatre, Raw Concrete embarks on a wide-ranging journey through Britain over the past sixty years, stopping to examine how eight extraordinary buildings were made – from commission to construction – why they have been so vilified, and why they are beginning to be loved.

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Weight 0.357 kg
Dimensions 3 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
Format

Paperback
Language

Pages

416
Publisher

Year Published

2022-5-5
Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

1529156084
About The Author

Barnabas Calder is a historian of architecture specialising in British architecture since 1945. He is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Liverpool where he researches the relationship between architecture and energy throughout human history. His most recent book, Architecture: From Prehistory to Climate Emergency, was published in 2021.Twitter and Instagram: @BarnabasCalder#ArchitectureAndEnergy
Review Quote

Part history, part aesthetic autobiography, wholly engaging and liable to convince those procrastinators sitting (uncomfortably) on the concrete fence.
Other text

Barnabas Calder brings us tales of the unexpected and breathes life into what some night call one of the unloveliest of building materials … illuminating and spirited.

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