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Brutal London / Simon Phipps.

By: Phipps, Simon, 1964- [photographer.]Publisher: [Tewkesbury] : September Publishing, 2016Description: 191 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 21 cmContent type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: BDZ0027730033ISBN: 9781910463635 (hbk.) :Uniform titles: Works. Selections Subject(s): Phipps, Simon, 1964- | Photography & photographs | Architecture | London, Greater London | Individual photographers | Architecture: public buildings | History of architecture | Travel & holiday | Man-made objects depicted in art (cityscapes, machines, etc) | United Kingdom, Great Britain | Architectural photography -- England -- London | Brutalism (Architecture) -- Pictorial works. -- England -- London | Photography | London (England) -- Pictorial works. -- Buildings, structures, etcDDC classification: 779.4421092 LOC classification: TR659 | .P4 2016Summary: A photographic exploration of the post-war modernist architecture of London. Finalist for the British Book Design and Production Awards 2017, Photographic Books, Art / Architecture Monographs. Here is a new photographic look at the raw concrete and imposing mass of Brutalist architecture that is undeniably part of the fabric of London's landscape - both visual and social - and part of our urban history. Momentum is now growing to celebrate, reclaim and preserve buildings which were once written off or allowed to decay. This collection of unique and evocative photography by Simon Phipps casts the city in a new light. Arranged by inner London Borough, Brutal London includes examples such as Trellick Tower, Brunswick Centre and many others.
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Here is a new photographic look at the raw concrete and imposing mass of Brutalist architecture that is undeniably part of the fabric of London's landscape - both visual and social - and part of our urban history. Momentum is now growing to celebrate, reclaim and preserve buildings which were once written off or allowed to decay. This collection of unique and evocative photography by Simon Phipps casts the city in a new light. Arranged by inner London Borough, Brutal London includes examples such as Trellick Tower, Brunswick Centre and many others.

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A photographic exploration of the post-war modernist architecture of London. Finalist for the British Book Design and Production Awards 2017, Photographic Books, Art / Architecture Monographs. Here is a new photographic look at the raw concrete and imposing mass of Brutalist architecture that is undeniably part of the fabric of London's landscape - both visual and social - and part of our urban history. Momentum is now growing to celebrate, reclaim and preserve buildings which were once written off or allowed to decay. This collection of unique and evocative photography by Simon Phipps casts the city in a new light. Arranged by inner London Borough, Brutal London includes examples such as Trellick Tower, Brunswick Centre and many others.

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The image provided by Brutalism, an architecture of sensual extremes, is often an extraordinary and unfamiliar experience for the city explorer. There can be something thrilling about the aggressive and brash vocabulary of board-marked concrete, exposed aggregate, hard-edged brick and heavy-sectioned timber - the expressed palette which displays the truth of its materials and a disdain for the frivolous.' Excerpted from Brutal London by Simon Phipps All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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