Raw Concrete: The Beauty of Brutalism by Barnabas Calder – review
The architectural style of brutalism, which lasted roughly from the 1950s to the mid-70s, may never attract the same readership, but there is nonetheless a burgeoning industry, following brave celebrations of the style in the writings and broadcasts of Owen Hatherley and Jonathan Meades, of books that wield the B-word: Brutalism: Post-War British Architecture; This Brutal World; Space, Hope and Brutalism; Brutalism Resurgent; Concrete Concept: Brutalist Buildings Around the World. Also, the related Concretopia. There is a brutalist London map and you can buy notecards of brutalist London. As Barnabas Calder notes in his contribution to the genre, Raw Concrete: the Beauty of Brutalism, there are now plates, mugs, T-shirts and indeed tea towels that celebrate it.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/18/raw-concrete-beauty-of-barbarism-barnabas-calder-review
