Raw Concrete
£10.99
Béton brut or ‘raw concrete’ was a term coined by Le Corbusier and appropriated by two young British architects in the 1950s to describe a new kind of building: austere, unadorned, monolithic, confrontational and constructed almost entirely in concrete. This book provides a history of the heavy-concrete architecture of post-war Britain, as well as a personal and illuminating guide to eight pivotal Brutalist buildings.
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AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR
Beginning 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.
| Weight | 0.357 kg |
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| Dimensions | 19.8 × 12.9 × 3 cm |
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| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 405 |
| Language | English |
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| Dewey | 720.94109045 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
