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SOS Brutalism - A Global Survey (Hardcover)
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SOS Brutalism - A Global Survey (Hardcover)
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SOS Brutalism is a distress signal. Since the 1950s, eminent
architects around the world have realised buildings expressing an
uncompromising attitude. Predominantly, yet not exclusively, they
used exposed concrete, or beton brut (hence the term 'brutalism'),
for their construction. Today, many of these always-controversial
buildings are in danger of demolition or, at least, of
reconstruction that often may change their appearance beyond
recognition. In recent years, an initiative to protect and preserve
this significant global heritage of 20th-century architecture has
gained momentum, mainly through the internet. Using the hashtag
#SOSBritalism, the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM, German Museum
of Architecture) in Frankfurt on the Main and the Wustenrot
Foundation participate in this campaign, and have developed a vast
collaborative research project. The result of this research to date
is a global survey of brutalist architecture of the 1950s, 1960s
and 1970s, presented in an exhibition at DAM in autumn 2017 and a
coinciding and uniquely comprehensive book. Some 100 contributors
document around 120 key buildings from this period, including many
previously unpublished discoveries that are in acute danger of loss
through neglect or intended demolition. Moreover, the book features
overviews of brutalism in architecture in twelve regions around the
world. Case studies of hotspots such as the Macedonian capital
Skopje or New Haven, Connecticut, and essays on the history and
theory of brutalism round out this lavishly illustrated book. The
supplement collects papers of an international symposium on
brutalism in architecture held in Berlin in 2012.
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