Barnabas Calder > Quotes

“New Court a car park, the cars contained by rugged-looking girders, hovered ominously over a row of fragile-looking glassy shops, dwarfed by the magnificent concrete behemoth above.”
― Barnabas Calder, Raw Concrete: The Beauty of Brutalism

“The rooms at New Court, characteristically of 1960s student accommodation, let one really live, study and socialise there, with space for a decent desk, bookshelves, storage shelves, a chair or two (besides the bed) to sit in, and a basin for tooth-cleaning and a surreptitious midnight pee.”
― Barnabas Calder, Raw Concrete: The Beauty of Brutalism

“I like the kind of architecture where a single stone colour runs throughout the entire exterior, or ideally where grey concrete and grey sky make it impossible to see whether a photo is in colour until you notice a pigeon's pink feet or the glaring red of a discarded crisp packet.”
― Barnabas Calder, Raw Concrete: The Beauty of Brutalism

“At New Court a Carl park, the cars contained by rugged-looking girders, hovered ominously over a row of fragile-looking glassy shops, dwarfed by the magnificent concrete behemoth above.”
― Barnabas Calder, Raw Concrete: The Beauty of Brutalism

“Sadly, a Fellow of Christ’s College vetoed in March 1968 Lasdun’s original proposal for built-in concrete desks and bedheads.”
― Barnabas Calder, Raw Concrete: The Beauty of Brutalism