A landmark survey of one of architecture's most controversial yet popular styles in a great, new, classic edition The Brutalist aesthetic is enjoying a renaissance and this book documents Brutalism as never before. In the most wide-ranging investigation ever undertaken into one of architecture's most powerful movements, more than 850 Brutalist buildings existing and demolished, classic and contemporary are organized geographically into nine continental regions. Much-loved masterpieces in the UK and USA sit alongside lesser-known examples in Europe, Asia, Australia, and beyond 102 countries in all, proving that Brutalism was, and continues to be, a truly international architectural phenomenon.

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A landmark survey of one of architecture's most controversial yet popular styles - in a great, new, classic edition The Brutalist aesthetic is enjoying a renaissance - and this book documents Brutalism as never before. In the most wide-ranging investigation ever undertaken into one of architecture's most powerful movements, more than 850 Brutalist buildings - existing and demolished, classic and contemporary - are organized geographically into nine continental regions. Much-loved masterpieces in the UK and USA sit alongside lesser-known examples in Europe, Asia, Australia, and beyond - 102 countries in all, proving that Brutalism was, and continues to be, a truly international architectural phenomenon.

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A landmark survey of one of architecture's most controversial yet popular style