The Brutalists: Brutalism’s Best Architects

A curated collection of Postmodern architecture in all its glorious array of vivid non-conformity. This unprecedented book takes its subtitle from Postmodernist icon Robert Venturi’s spirited response to Mies van der Rohe’s dictum that ‘less is more’. One of the 20th century’s most controversial styles, Postmodernism began in the 1970s, reached a fever pitch of […]

French photographer Jason Guilbeau has used Google Street View to virtually navigate Russia and the former USSR, searching for examples of a forgotten Soviet empire. The subjects of these unlikely photographs are incidental to the purpose of Google Street View – captured by serendipity, rather than design, they are accorded a common vernacular. Once found, […]

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 – […]

This unique visual history documents in pictures the most exciting and dynamic period of architecture: from the early 20th century to the present day, covering all the key movements, styles and architects, together with many lesser known but important names and buildings.  Through archival and full-colour photography, plans and architectural drawings, the book illustrates the […]