Raw Concrete

byBarnabas Calder

The Beauty of Brutalism

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

About Barnabas Calder

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.

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Details
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9781529156089
  • Length: 416 pages
  • Dimensions: 198mm x 30mm x 129mm
  • Weight: 357g
  • Price: £10.99
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