Brutalism reinvented : 21st century modernist architecture / Agata Toromanoff.

Main entry:

Toromanoff, Agata, author.

Title & Author:

Brutalism reinvented : 21st century modernist architecture / Agata Toromanoff.

Publication:

Munich : Prestel, [2021]
©2021

Description:

239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Single-family houses -- Multi-dwelling units -- Cultural venues -- Offices -- Public buildings -- Hospitality buildings -- Sacral architecture.

Summary:

From luxury apartment towers to offices, places of worship to museums, brutalist architecture is having a 21st-century moment and this book is here to explore the new interpretations of the style. Designed with the same bold aesthetic that informed Le Corbusier himself, this book features fifty recent examples of how architects around the world are embracing the principles of brutalism: simplicity, functionality, and rawness and reimagining them for today's standards and tastes.Drawing from the radical approach of the controversial architectural movement, today's Brutalist buildings are both sophisticated and elegant. As the hundreds of exterior and interior photos in this book reveal, architects have taken advantage of new technology to make concrete-based structures that are refined and alluring, as well as stylish / modish unlike their predecessors. Each chapter dedicated to another type of buildings is introduced with a selection of iconic structures as an essential visual reference for Brutalism's new look. In some instances the overall strength of the aesthetic is paired with equally forceful materials such as glass, metal and brick; other examples show how classically brutalist lines are integrated into, generously proportioned, light-filled spaces. An informative celebration of Brutalist architecture's legacy, this book is an exciting exploration of how today's most innovative architects are discovering the inherent beauty of powerful concrete volumes, that was at the heart of Le Corbusier's original vision.

ISBN:

9783791388113 (hardback)
3791388118 (hardback)

Subject:

Brutalism (Architecture) Influence Pictorial works.
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Brutalisme (Architecture) Influence Ouvrages illustrés.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Architecture, Modern
Brutalism (Architecture)

Form/genre:

Illustrated works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

21st century modernist architecture
Twenty-first century modernist architecture

Holdings:

Location: Library main 315064
Call No.: 315064
Copy: 2
Status: Available

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