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Brutal Scotland
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- Book Synopsis
- SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL BOOK AWARDS 2026 A major new photographic survey of Scotland's post-war architecture by acclaimed photographer of Modernist buildings, Simon Phipps Many of the new buildings that were constructed in the dynamic, socially motivated period of post-war architecture have now been repurposed, pulled down or left to slowly decay. But others still serve their community. Their impact is beautifully and boldly visible in Phipps' photographs. From the Post Office of Inverness to the Gala Fairydean Rovers Football Club stand in Galashiels, these stadiums and homes, leisure centres and fire stations, churches and libraries, were built for a people and nation in flux, the architects envisioning a new era of opportunity. Their popularity may have declined by the turn of the century, but recent decades have seen a new recognition of the talent and epochal spirit that created lecture halls and banks with equal emphasis on form, utility and function. 'Impelled by ambitions of nation-building, Scotland's outstanding cache of Brutalist buildings gave shape to how people lived, worked, studied, shopped, worshipped and spent their leisure time.' Catherine Slessor, from the introduction to Brutal Scotland
- About The Author
- Simon Phipps, born in Leeds, is an artist based in London. He is a graduate in sculpture from the Royal College of Art and a renowned photographer of post-war modernist architecture. He is the author of the books: Brutal London, Finding Brutalism, Concrete Poetry: Post-War Modernist Public Art, Brutal North, Brutal Outer London and Brutal Wales/Cymru Friwtalaidd. Finding Brutalism was a winner of the 2018 DAM Architectural Book Award and Brutal London was a finalist for the British Book and Production Awards 2017. @new_brutalism
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- ISBN
- 9781914613883
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Duckworth, (13 November 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 240 x 180 mm
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