Brutalism Books

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This Brutal World This Brutal World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 177 ratings — published 2016
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Concretopia: A Journey Around the Rebuilding of Postwar Britain Concretopia: A Journey Around the Rebuilding of Postwar Britain (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 574 ratings — published 2013
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Raw Concrete: The Beauty of Brutalism Raw Concrete: The Beauty of Brutalism (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.33 — 171 ratings — published 2016
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CLOG: Brutalism CLOG: Brutalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 28 ratings — published 2013
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Simon Phipps Finding Brutalism: A Photographic Survey of Post-War British Architecture Simon Phipps Finding Brutalism: A Photographic Survey of Post-War British Architecture (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 18 ratings — published 2018
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Alison & Peter Smithson: A Critical Anthology Alison & Peter Smithson: A Critical Anthology (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 5 ratings — published 2012
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Borderlines: A History of Europe, Told from the Edges Borderlines: A History of Europe, Told from the Edges (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.96 — 551 ratings — published 2024
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Soviet Bus Stops Soviet Bus Stops (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.45 — 462 ratings — published
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Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 78,446 ratings — published 1978
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Return to the Black Farm (The Black Farm, #2) Return to the Black Farm (The Black Farm, #2)
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avg rating 4.22 — 3,533 ratings — published
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The Black Farm (The Black Farm, #1) The Black Farm (The Black Farm, #1)
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avg rating 3.89 — 10,970 ratings — published 2017
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The Crooked God Machine The Crooked God Machine (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 512 ratings — published 2011
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There Are No Saints (Sinners, #1) There Are No Saints (Sinners, #1)
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avg rating 3.79 — 118,911 ratings — published 2021
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The Outer Darkness The Outer Darkness (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.25 — 4 ratings — published
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The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 1,246 ratings — published
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The Laws of the Skies The Laws of the Skies (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.37 — 8,672 ratings — published 2016
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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 1,222,460 ratings — published 1963
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No Longer Human No Longer Human (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 253,640 ratings — published 1948
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Let's Go Play at the Adams' Let's Go Play at the Adams' (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.40 — 4,013 ratings — published 1974
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 5,465,611 ratings — published 1949
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Blame!, Vol. 1 Blame!, Vol. 1 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 5,488 ratings — published 1998
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Landscapes of Communism: A History Through Buildings Landscapes of Communism: A History Through Buildings (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.03 — 244 ratings — published 2015
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Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.69 — 556 ratings — published 2021
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Nostalgia of Culture: Contemporary Soviet Visionary Architecture (Architectural Association Text 6) Nostalgia of Culture: Contemporary Soviet Visionary Architecture (Architectural Association Text 6)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1988
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Blueprints and Blood: The Stalinization of Soviet Architecture 1917-1937 Blueprints and Blood: The Stalinization of Soviet Architecture 1917-1937 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 5 ratings — published 1993
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Concrete Concept: Brutalist buildings around the world Concrete Concept: Brutalist buildings around the world (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 77 ratings — published 2016
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Heroic: Concrete Architecture and the New Boston Heroic: Concrete Architecture and the New Boston (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 26 ratings — published 2015
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Not Quite Architecture: Writing around Alison and Peter Smithson Not Quite Architecture: Writing around Alison and Peter Smithson (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.60 — 5 ratings — published
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Concrete Siberia Concrete Siberia (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.42 — 73 ratings — published
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How England Made the English: From Hedgerows to Heathrow How England Made the English: From Hedgerows to Heathrow (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.34 — 513 ratings — published 2012
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The Road to Wigan Pier Revisited The Road to Wigan Pier Revisited (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.57 — 56 ratings — published 2011
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Brutal North: Post-War Modernist Architecture in the North of England Brutal North: Post-War Modernist Architecture in the North of England (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.28 — 39 ratings — published 2020
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SOS Brutalism: A Global Survey SOS Brutalism: A Global Survey (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.38 — 8 ratings — published
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New Brutalism New Brutalism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 26 ratings — published
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Atlas of Brutalist Architecture Atlas of Brutalist Architecture (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 121 ratings — published 2018
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Massive, Expressive, Sculptural: Brutalism now and then Massive, Expressive, Sculptural: Brutalism now and then (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 12 ratings — published
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A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 282 ratings — published 2010
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Star Dust Star Dust (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.80 — 586 ratings — published 2005
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Destroy All Monsters: The Last Rock Novel Destroy All Monsters: The Last Rock Novel (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.37 — 641 ratings — published 2018
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Bright Dead Things Bright Dead Things (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 14,450 ratings — published 2015
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The Pale King The Pale King (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 19,867 ratings — published 2011
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Requiem Requiem (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 965 ratings — published 1963
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Ariel Ariel (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 89,581 ratings — published 1965
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Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 220,680 ratings — published 1985
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Milk and honey Milk and honey (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 808,383 ratings — published 2014
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おやすみプンプン コミック 全13巻完結セット (Oyasumi Punpun Box Set) おやすみプンプン コミック 全13巻完結セット (Oyasumi Punpun Box Set)
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avg rating 4.67 — 6,236 ratings — published 2007
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Mira Corpora Mira Corpora (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 839 ratings — published 2013
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Thunderbird Thunderbird (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 441 ratings — published 2012
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Thomas the Obscure Thomas the Obscure (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 1,449 ratings — published 1941
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Osbert Lancaster
“Structural truth at all costs war their motto and all buildings which attempted to conceal the true nature of their construction, or to disguise the materials in which they were carried out, stood convicted of acting a lie. That a high proportion of the buildings which many generations of man-kind had agreed to regard as masterpieces failed to reach this exalted standard was held to be quite irrelevant.
Unfortunately the new theory did not in practice prove quite so easy to carry out satisfactorily as hoped. Simplicity is not invariably and on every occasion a virtue, and while desperate attempts to lend some transient interest to a hopelessly uninspired structure by a top-dressing of cornice and pilasters are doubtless reprehensible, the bright, unvarnished truth tends too often to be even more depressing. After all few of us, by and large, look our best in the nude.”
Osbert Lancaster, Here, of All Places

Sofia Ajram
“I have no idea what to believe I’ll find in here anymore. You could park a Costco in one of these rooms and I’d just nod along once I found it, like, Uh-huh. Okay, sure. Of course.”
Sofia Ajram, Coup de Grâce

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