Brutalism: Contributions to the International Symposium in Berlin 2012

The Wustenrot Foundation; The Department of Architecture Theory; Postgraduate Master's Program for Building Restoration at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT); Busse, Anette; Deschermeier, Dorothea; Kurz, Philip; Frampton, Kenneth; Colomina, Beatriz; van den Heuvel, Dirk; von Moos, Stanislaus; Oechslin, Werner; von Buttlar, Adrian; Lefaivre, Liane; Molinari, Luca; Avermaete, Tom; Ockman, Joan; Gleiter, Jorg H.; Stalder, Laurent; Durth, Werner; Slapeta, Vladimir; Ursprung, Philip; Scheurmann, Ingrid; Bates, Stephen

ISBN 10: 303860075X / ISBN 13: 9783038600756

Editore: Park Books, 2017

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Corners lightly creased. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. 2017 Large Softcover. 180 pp. A study of the 1950s architectural style emphasizing structure over decoration, featuring articles submitted by seventeen authors as contributions to the international symposium in Berlin in 2012. This volume is meant to accompany SOS Brutalism - A Global Survey. Many buildings in this style are in danger of being lost, as they are often viewed as unattractive. Color and black-and-white photographs throughout. Codice articolo 2333789

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Titolo: Brutalism: Contributions to the ...

Casa editrice: Park Books

Data di pubblicazione: 2017

Legatura: Large Softcover

Condizione: Very Good

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Widely disliked in their heyday and only recently beginning to be appreciated, brutalist buildings around the world are at risk of being lost—in many cases to demolition, and in some to insensitive reconstructions that would forever alter buildings’ appearance beyond recognition. SOS Brutalism is a distress signal, an attempt to galvanize public awareness of the architectural heritage that is at risk of being forever lost. The book, result of a major collaborative research undertaking by Deutsches Architektur Museum DAM and Wüstenrot Foundation, presents a global survey of brutalist architecture of the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s, covering around 120 key buildings from the period from around the world, many of them little-known and in imminent danger of destruction. Case studies of hotspots such as the Macedonian capital Skopje or New Haven, Connecticut, and essays on the history and theory of brutalism round out this groundbreaking and lavishly illustrated book.
 

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'Filled with Phipps' distinctive photographic compositions, this is a richly produced tome. The photographer spent more than 20 years, documenting brutalist architecture in Britain, creating a hefty archive of about 125 buildings. The book features some 200 takes of those, making for an impressive collection to reference and savour.' --Wallpaper

'SOS Brutalism is the first global survey of Brutalist architecture from the 1950s to '70s, and is a rallying cry for preserving these concrete structures.' --Hyperallergic