Language: English
Published by NewSouth Publishing, Sydney, NSW, 2023
ISBN 10: 1742236693 ISBN 13: 9781742236698
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. ** Shortlisted for the Australian Book Design Awards 2024, Best Designed Fully-illustrated Book under $75 **Big and bold or soft and sculptural, or a mix of the two, it's not until you get up close that you feel brutalism's radical roots.Brutalist architecture hit Sydney in the late 1950s when local architects and their international peers experimented with raw concrete and brick and kicked off a revolution. These brave new buildings were ambitious, optimistic - often divisive - and predominantly made onsite by hand, not machine. For the next 30 years Sydney produced some of the world's best examples of brutalist architecture. Sirius. The Sydney Masonic Centre. UTS Tower. The ribbed concrete shells of the Sydney Opera House.Design writer Heidi Dokulil explores Sydney's brutalist architecture, its international influences, its architects, builders and residents, and the public buildings, university campuses and homes that changed the face of the city.The recent outcry over the threatened demolition of the Sirius building in Millers Point has generated new interest in these brutal beauties of Australian architecture. Yet many brutalist buildings have been demolished and others remain under threat. Sydney Brutalism reveals the stories behind Sydney's bold and innovative brutalist buildings, the contemporary architects and projects they continue to inspire, and dynamic photography by a line-up of the world's best architectural photographers. Long live the bruts!'A brilliantly researched deep dive into the subject - Sydney Brutalism asks why our concrete monsters matter, while exploring international antecedents and contemporary executions. Powerful photography contributes to this important exploration of a controversial architectural genre.' - Karen McCartney Sydney has some of the world's best examples of brutalist architecture. Design writer Heidi Dokulil explores these brutal beauties. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Language: English
Published by NewSouth Publishing, AU, 2023
ISBN 10: 1742236693 ISBN 13: 9781742236698
Seller: Rarewaves USA, OSWEGO, IL, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: New. 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. In this first comprehensive book on the subject, design writer Heidi Dokulil explores brutalism in Sydney, its arrival in the late 1960s, its international influences, its architects, builders, residents and materials, and the government buildings, social housing, university campus buildings and private homes that changed the face of the city.The outcry over the threatened demolition of the Sirius building in Millers Point and the associated Save Our Sirius campaign has generated a new interest in these brutal beauties of Australian architecture. Yet many brutalist buildings have been demolished and others are under threat. Dokulil reveals the stories behind these bold and experimental buildings, as well as the contemporary buildings -- and their architects and owners -- that brutalism continues to inspire.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Burly Katon Halliday has singled itself out as Australia's most dynamic architectural design studio, presenting a uniquely Australian style in a series of acclaimed projects. This book celebrates the BKH story in words by Antonia Williams, David Clark and Catherine Martin, and in a pictorial abundance of over sixty projects spanning twenty years. BKH may be based in Sydney, but their work resonates across all boundaries.
Paperback. [Author], [Publisher]. Author: Heidi DokulilFormat: Paperback Number of Pages: 240** Shortlisted for the Australian Book Design Awards 2024, Best Designed Fully-illustrated Book under $75 ** Big and bold or soft and sculptural, or a mix of the two, it's not until you get up close that you feel brutalism's radical roots. Brutalist architecture hit Sydney in the late 1950s when local architects and their international peers experimented with raw concrete and brick and kicked off a revolution. These brave new buildings were ambitious, optimistic - often divisive - and predominantly made onsite by hand, not machine. For the next 30 years Sydney produced some of the world's best examples of brutalist architecture. Sirius. The Sydney Masonic Centre. UTS Tower. The ribbed concrete shells of the Sydney Opera House. Design writer Heidi Dokulil explores Sydney's brutalist architecture, its international influences, its architects, builders and residents, and the public buildings, university campuses and homes that changed the face of the city. The recent outcry over the threatened demolition of the Sirius building in Millers Point has generated new interest in these brutal beauties of Australian architecture. Yet many brutalist buildings have been demolished and others remain under threat. Sydney Brutalism reveals the stories behind Sydney's bold and innovative brutalist buildings, the contemporary architects and projects they continue to inspire, and dynamic photography by a line-up of the world's best architectural photographers. Long live the bruts! 'A brilliantly researched deep dive into the subject - Sydney Brutalism asks why our concrete monsters matter, while exploring international antecedents and contemporary executions. Powerful photography contributes to this important exploration of a controversial architectural genre.' - Karen McCartney. Paperback.
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Minimal wear to covers. Spine not creased. Internally clean. 240pp Big and bold or soft and sculptural, or a mix of the two, it' s not until you get up close that you feel brutalism' s radical roots. Brutalist architecture hit Sydney in the late 1950s when local archi tects and their international peers experimented with raw concrete and brick and kicked off a revolution. These brave new buildings were ambitious, optimistic - often divisive - and predominantly made onsite by hand, not machine. For the next 30 years Sydney produced some of the world' s best examples of brutalist architecture. Sirius. The Sydney Masonic Centre. UTS Tower. The ribbed concrete shells of the Sydney Opera House. Design writer Heidi Dokulil explores Sydney' s brutalist architecture, its international influences, its architects, builders and residents, and the public buildings, university campuses and homes that changed the face of the city. The recent outcry over the threatened demolition of the Sirius building in Millers Point has generated new interest in these brutal beauties of Australian architecture. Yet many brutalist buildings have been demolished and others remain under threat. Size: 190mm x 240mm. Book.
Language: English
Published by NewSouth Publishing, Sydney, NSW, 2023
ISBN 10: 1742236693 ISBN 13: 9781742236698
Seller: AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, Australia
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. ** Shortlisted for the Australian Book Design Awards 2024, Best Designed Fully-illustrated Book under $75 **Big and bold or soft and sculptural, or a mix of the two, it's not until you get up close that you feel brutalism's radical roots.Brutalist architecture hit Sydney in the late 1950s when local architects and their international peers experimented with raw concrete and brick and kicked off a revolution. These brave new buildings were ambitious, optimistic - often divisive - and predominantly made onsite by hand, not machine. For the next 30 years Sydney produced some of the world's best examples of brutalist architecture. Sirius. The Sydney Masonic Centre. UTS Tower. The ribbed concrete shells of the Sydney Opera House.Design writer Heidi Dokulil explores Sydney's brutalist architecture, its international influences, its architects, builders and residents, and the public buildings, university campuses and homes that changed the face of the city.The recent outcry over the threatened demolition of the Sirius building in Millers Point has generated new interest in these brutal beauties of Australian architecture. Yet many brutalist buildings have been demolished and others remain under threat. Sydney Brutalism reveals the stories behind Sydney's bold and innovative brutalist buildings, the contemporary architects and projects they continue to inspire, and dynamic photography by a line-up of the world's best architectural photographers. Long live the bruts!'A brilliantly researched deep dive into the subject - Sydney Brutalism asks why our concrete monsters matter, while exploring international antecedents and contemporary executions. Powerful photography contributes to this important exploration of a controversial architectural genre.' - Karen McCartney Sydney has some of the world's best examples of brutalist architecture. Design writer Heidi Dokulil explores these brutal beauties. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
Language: English
Published by NewSouth Publishing, Sydney, NSW, 2023
ISBN 10: 1742236693 ISBN 13: 9781742236698
Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. ** Shortlisted for the Australian Book Design Awards 2024, Best Designed Fully-illustrated Book under $75 **Big and bold or soft and sculptural, or a mix of the two, it's not until you get up close that you feel brutalism's radical roots.Brutalist architecture hit Sydney in the late 1950s when local architects and their international peers experimented with raw concrete and brick and kicked off a revolution. These brave new buildings were ambitious, optimistic - often divisive - and predominantly made onsite by hand, not machine. For the next 30 years Sydney produced some of the world's best examples of brutalist architecture. Sirius. The Sydney Masonic Centre. UTS Tower. The ribbed concrete shells of the Sydney Opera House.Design writer Heidi Dokulil explores Sydney's brutalist architecture, its international influences, its architects, builders and residents, and the public buildings, university campuses and homes that changed the face of the city.The recent outcry over the threatened demolition of the Sirius building in Millers Point has generated new interest in these brutal beauties of Australian architecture. Yet many brutalist buildings have been demolished and others remain under threat. Sydney Brutalism reveals the stories behind Sydney's bold and innovative brutalist buildings, the contemporary architects and projects they continue to inspire, and dynamic photography by a line-up of the world's best architectural photographers. Long live the bruts!'A brilliantly researched deep dive into the subject - Sydney Brutalism asks why our concrete monsters matter, while exploring international antecedents and contemporary executions. Powerful photography contributes to this important exploration of a controversial architectural genre.' - Karen McCartney Sydney has some of the world's best examples of brutalist architecture. Design writer Heidi Dokulil explores these brutal beauties. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
Language: English
Published by NewSouth Publishing, AU, 2023
ISBN 10: 1742236693 ISBN 13: 9781742236698
Seller: Rarewaves USA United, OSWEGO, IL, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: New. 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. In this first comprehensive book on the subject, design writer Heidi Dokulil explores brutalism in Sydney, its arrival in the late 1960s, its international influences, its architects, builders, residents and materials, and the government buildings, social housing, university campus buildings and private homes that changed the face of the city.The outcry over the threatened demolition of the Sirius building in Millers Point and the associated Save Our Sirius campaign has generated a new interest in these brutal beauties of Australian architecture. Yet many brutalist buildings have been demolished and others are under threat. Dokulil reveals the stories behind these bold and experimental buildings, as well as the contemporary buildings -- and their architects and owners -- that brutalism continues to inspire.
Published by dabb, Koln, 2007
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
First Edition. Edited by Sabina Marreiros. [Text in German, English, Spanish, French and Italian]. Pp. 238(last colophon), illustrated in colour throughout (many full or double page), numerous small black & white plans; roy. 4to; tan boards, lettered in blind; dust wrapper; small name stamp at head of upper free endpaper dabb, Koln, 2007. First edition. *Survey of over 50 buildings, from private dwellings to public monuments.