Raw Concrete

Raw Concrete - The Beauty of Brutalism

AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR

Beginning in a tiny hermitage on the remote north Scottish coast, and ending up backstage at the National Theatre, Raw Concrete embarks on a wide-ranging journey through Britain over the past sixty years, stopping to examine how eight extraordinary buildings were made - from commission to construction - why they have been so vilified, and why they are beginning to be loved.

About the author

BARNABAS CALDER is a historian of architecture specialising in British architecture since 1945. He is lecturer at the University of Liverpool, and is compiling an online archive on the work of Sir Denys Lasdun, funded by the Graham Foundation and in collaboration with the RIBA British Architectural Library Special Collections.