A landmark survey of one of architecture's most controversial yet popular style 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. Includes twentieth-century masters such as Marcel
Breuer Lina Bo Bardi Le Corbusier Carlo Scarpa Ernö Goldfinger Frank Lloyd Wright Louis
Kahn and Paul Rudolph. Contemporary architects featured include Alvaro Siza Coop Himmelb(l)au
David Chipperfield Herzog & de Meuron Jean Nouvel SANAA OMA Renzo Piano Tadao Ando and
Zaha Hadid.
