Brutalist

New photography book Brutal North offers a celebration of brutalist architecture in northern England

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Photographer Simon Phipps has a concrete opinion on brutalist architecture – that it should be celebrated. Brutalist architecture, a style first associated with architect Le Corbusier, uses a lot of concrete and is often criticised for being ugly, imposing and for weathering badly. But Simon sees brutalist structures as visionary, buildings to be celebrated for … Read more

British photographer Mark O’Neill’s incredible pictures of Brutalist monuments

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They may look like relics of an alien civilisation, but these structures are actually Brutalist monuments and war memorials found across Central and Southeastern Europe. The architectural jaw-droppers – some of which now lie abandoned – have been captured in a set of stunning photographs by British photographer Mark O’Neill.  The Berkshire-based photographer’s obsession with … Read more