Brutalist Interiors turns attention to the spaces inside concrete architecture that have long been overlooked — presenting photography and critical essays on Brutalist interiors from Habitat 67 to Tadao Ando's Japanese work and Denys Lasdun's projects in Ghana.
About This Book
Brutalist architecture has been extensively surveyed from the outside; Brutalist Interiors makes the case for looking within. Assembled by Blue Crow Media, the book pairs photography of carefully selected interiors with essays from a diverse group of architectural writers and academics. The result is a genuinely multi-perspectival account of concrete architecture's interior life — taking in personal memory, geographic range, and the question of how Brutalist spatial techniques are informing contemporary design. From Montreal's Habitat 67 to the work of Tadao Ando and Denys Lasdun's Ghanaian commissions, this is the first sustained examination of what these buildings feel like to inhabit.
Key Features
- Contributors include Blake Gopnik, Naomi Pollock, Gili Merin, Rixt Woudstra, Felix Torkar, Ljuba Slavkovic, Ewan Harrison, Derek Lamberton, Stephano Perego, and Roberto Conte
- Notable case studies include Habitat 67 (Montreal), Denys Lasdun's Ghanaian interiors, and Tadao Ando's Japanese works
- Published by Blue Crow Media, ISBN 9781912018222
What You'll Discover
- A first-hand account of growing up inside Habitat 67, reframing the iconic Montreal housing complex through lived domestic experience rather than formal analysis
- Denys Lasdun's lesser-known Ghanaian interior work, expanding the geographic scope of Brutalist scholarship beyond its European and North American centres
- Tadao Ando's use of exposed concrete as an interior spatial tool, examined in the context of Japanese material culture and light
- How Brutalist spatial techniques — raw surfaces, monumental scale, the play of light on concrete — are being reinterpreted in contemporary design practice
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Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
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- Dimensions: 177 x 254 x 20 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781912018222
- Publisher: Blue Crow Media
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects and interior designers working with concrete and raw materials, historians of twentieth-century architecture, and readers interested in Brutalism beyond its familiar exteriors.