Brutalism (Reading Billy)(Paperback)

The rise and fall and subsequent rise again of brutalist architecture in Britain is a fascinating story of an architectural style that strove to unify but in reality divided public opinion, and continues to do so. Derived from the French phrase 'b ton brut', meaning raw concrete, the name brutalism identified the emerging style of angular and sculptural form and rough, exposed industrial materials. The pioneering architects of the style optimistically believed they were forging a new utopia, and their confidence is apparent in the 'truth to materials' approach, creating uncompromising, bold, even bolshy buildings.Le Corbusier's Unit D'habitation in Marseilles first set the bar, but it was in Britain that architects such as Peter and Alison Smithson (Hunstanton School, Robin Hood Gardens) Erno Goldfinger (Cheltenham and Brownfield estates, London) Jack Lynn and Ivor Smith (Park Hill,
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