Sydney brutalism / Heidi Dokulil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dokulil, Heidi, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Modern--20th century.

Architecture, Modern.

Architecture, Modern--Australia--Sydney (N.S.W.)--History--20th century.

Brutalism (Architecture)--Australia--Sydney (N.S.W.)--History--20th century.

Brutalism (Architecture).

Architectural firms--Australia--Sydney (N.S.W.)--History--20th century.

Architectural firms.

Architects--Australia--Sydney (N.S.W.)--History--20th century.

Architects.

Sydney (N.S.W.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Sydney (N.S.W.).

Physical Description:

x, 225 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Kensington, NSW : NewSouth Books, 2023.

Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

Sydney has some of the world's best examples of brutalist architecture. Heidi Dokulil explores these brutal beauties.While modernism is much celebrated, there's a growing appreciation for the latter years of the movement when Sydney architects and their international peers experimented with raw concrete and brick and brutalism was born.

Contents:

Introduction: the rise of the bruts

How brutalism got its groove back

Inside the government architect's branch

Meet the architects

Crafting the brut

The domestic bunker

The battle of Sirius

Brutalism's vanishing act

Rebooting Bréton Brut

Timeline of brutalist buildings in Sydney.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781742236698

1742236693

OCLC:

1398466232

Publisher Number:

90100296865