What makes Italian Brutalist buildings different to their
counterparts in other countries? Containing over 140 exclusive
photographs – ranging from private homes to churches and
cemeteries via football stadia – across every region of the
country, Brutalist Italy is the first publication to focus entirely
on this subject. Architectural photographers Roberto Conte and
Stefano Perego (authors of Soviet Asia) have spent the past five
years travelling over 20,000 kilometres documenting the monumental
concrete structures of their native country. Brutalism – with its
minimalist aesthetic, favouring raw materials and structural
elements over decorative design – has a complex relationship with
Italian history. After World War II, Italian architects were keen
to distance themselves from fascism, without rejecting the
architectural modernism that had flourished during that era. They
developed a form of contemporary architecture that engaged with
traditional methods and materials, drawing on uncontaminated
historical references. This plurality of pasts assimilated into new
constructions is a recurring feature of the country’s Brutalist
buildings, imparting to them a unique identity. From the imposing
social housing of Le Vele di Scampia to the celestial Our Lady of
Tears Sanctuary, Syracuse – Brutalist Italy collects the most
compelling examples of this extraordinary architecture for the
first time in a single volume.
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