Concrete Brutalism: un nuovo libro sull'architettura in calcestruzzo

Christopher Beanland ha pubblicato un nuovo volume "Concrete Concept: Brutalist Buildings Around the World" dedicato al tema dell'architettura in cemento armato. Edito da Frances Lincoln, si trova in vendita nelle principali librerie on line, tra cui l'HOEPLI http://www.hoepli.it/libro/concrete-concept/9780711237643.html

Ecco la nota dell'editore: No modern architectural movement has aroused so much awe and so much ire as brutalism. This global survey profiles 50 brutalist beasts around the world and demonstrates how brutalism infected popular culture. This architecture at its most assertive: compelling, distinctive, sometimes terrifying. But, as "Concrete Concept" shows, brutalism can be about love as well as hate.

Stupende le immagini, che come evidenziato dal titolo riguardano edifici in tutto il mondo. moderni o meno. Ecco saggio di alcune fotografie.

Children playing on the communal garden mound in the middle of the Robin Hood garden flat complex designed by Alison and Peter Smithson in 1972.

Cultural Center of the Philippines. Photograph: Garrie Maguire

The Wotruba Church in Vienna made of 152 asymmetrically arranged concrete blocks. Photograph: Alamy

The Olympic Village in Munich viewed from the Olympic Tower. Photograph: Alamy

Preston Bus Station and car park. Photograph: Alamy

Delft University of Technology, Netherlands. Photograph: Archives Broekbakema Architects

Boats at Marina City, Chicago. Photograph: Alamy

Christopher Beanland writes journalism and fiction about architecture, cities, the arts, music and the media. He is based in London and tweets here @ChrisBeanland