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Raw concrete : the beauty of brutalism / Barnabas Calder.

"Raw Concrete overturns the perception of Brutalist buildings as the penny-pinching, utilitarian products of dutiful social concern. Instead it looks a little closer, uncovering the luxuriously skilled craft and daring engineering with which the best buildings of the 1960s came into being: magn...

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Main author:	Calder, Barnabas, (Author)
Format:	Book
Published:	London : William Heinemann, 2016.
Subjects:	Brutalism (Architecture) > Great Britain Architecture > Great Britain > History > 20th century. Architecture and society > Great Britain > History > 20th century. Concrete.
Language:	English

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Summary:	"Raw Concrete overturns the perception of Brutalist buildings as the penny-pinching, utilitarian products of dutiful social concern. Instead it looks a little closer, uncovering the luxuriously skilled craft and daring engineering with which the best buildings of the 1960s came into being: magnificent architectural visions serving clients rich and poor, radical and conservative. 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. In it, Barnabas Calder puts forward a powerful case: Brutalism is the best architecture there has ever been, and perhaps the best there ever will be."--Publisher's website.
Physical description:	405 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 25 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	0434022446 9780434022441

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