Concrete concept
Subtitle: brutalist buildings around the world
By: Christopher Beanland
Edition: 1st Frances Lincoln edition.
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780711237643; 9781781012031
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Architecture and Planning; Brutalism (Architecture); Pictorial works; Modern Architecture
Description: 'Concrete Concept' takes architecture admirers on a tour of the world's most impressive, celebrated and controversial Brutalist buildings.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: -- 01.; title: Unite d'Habitation, Marseille, France -- -- 02.; title: University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia -- -- 03.; title: MASP and SESC Pompeia, Sao Paulo, Brazil -- -- 04.; title: 33 Thomas Street (formerly AT&T Long Lines Building), New York City, USA -- -- 05.; title: Habitat 67, Montreal, Canada -- -- 06.; title: La Pyramide, Abidjan, Ivory Coast -- -- 07.; title: Torres Blancas, Madrid, Spain -- -- 08.; title: Cultural Centre of The Philippines, Manila, The Philippines -- -- 09.; title: Couvent Sainte-Marie de la Tourette, Eveux, France -- -- 10.; title: Nathan Phillips Square and Toronto City Hall, Toronto, Canada -- -- 11.; title: Hayward Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Hall and National Theatre, London, England -- -- 12.; title: CCSS, San Jose, Costa Rica -- -- 13.; title: Banco de Londres y America del Sur, Buenos Aires, Argentina -- -- 14.; title: 9 (formerly the Cleveland Trust Tower), Cleveland, USA -- -- 15.; title: Birmingham Central Library, Birmingham, England -- -- 16.; title: Wotruba Church, Vienna, Austria -- -- 17.; title: Marina City, Chicago, USA -- -- 18.; title: Palacio da Justica, Brasilia, Brazil -- -- 19.; title: Flaine, Haute-Savoie, France -- -- 20.; title: British Embassy, Rome, Italy -- -- 21.; title: Munich Olympic Village and Park, Munich, Germany -- -- 22.; title: Skopje Post Office, Skopje, Macedonia -- -- 23.; title: Preston Bus Station, Preston, England -- -- 24.; title: Washington DC Metro, Washington, DC, USA -- -- 25.; title: Aula at Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands -- -- 26.; title: Centre Jean Hachette, Ivry-sur-Seine, France -- -- 27.; title: Pilgrimage Church, Velbert-Neviges, Germany -- -- 28.; title: Government Service Center, Boston, USA -- -- 29.; title: Soviet Embassy, Havana, Cuba -- -- 30.; title: Geisel Library, UC San Diego, San Diego, USA -- -- 31.; title: Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh, India -- -- 32.; title: Orange County Government Center, Goshen, USA -- -- 33.; title: Carlton Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa -- -- 34.; title: Birmingham New Street Signal Box, Birmingham, England -- -- 35.; title: Beehive, Wellington, New Zealand -- -- 36.; title: Ulster Museum Extension, Belfast, Northern Ireland -- -- 37.; title: Moore Street Electricity Substation and Park Hill Estate, Sheffield, England -- -- 38.; title: Nichinan Cultural Centre, Nichinan, Japan -- -- 39.; title: Balfron Tower and Trellick Tower, London, England -- -- 40.; title: Palacio de Justica, Lisbon, Portugal -- -- 41.; title: Busto Arsizio Technical College, Busto Arsizio, Italy -- -- 42.; title: Gravelly Hill Interchange (formerly Spaghetti Junction), Birmingham, England -- -- 43.; title: University of East Anglia, Norwich, England -- -- 44.; title: Barbican, London, England -- -- 45.; title: Met Breuer, New York City, USA -- -- 46.; title: Leeds University, Leeds, England -- -- 47.; title: Robin Hood Gardens, London, England -- -- 48.; title: Bank of Georgia (formerly Ministry of Transport), Tbilisi, Georgia -- -- 49.; title: Yale Art & Architecture Building, New Haven, USA -- -- 50.; title: Maria-Magdalena Church, Freiburg, Germany.