Flick by means of ‘Brutal Wales’, a e-book celebrating concrete structure

Brutal Wales is a deal with – each for lovers of brutalist structure and concrete buildings, but in addition for historical past and images fanatics, because it gives an indulgent journey by means of a collection of established and lesser-known Welsh gems of the actual style. All are seen by means of the lens of achieved photographer Simon Phipps, who explored Welsh modernist structure by means of a complete of 60 case research, discovered on this new e-book by September Publishing. 

Brutal Wales: a deep dive into Welsh Twentieth-century structure

Following up on Phipps’ earlier photographic survey, Discovering Brutalism, which appeared on the structure motion’s expressions throughout the UK, this new structure e-book focuses on Wales, taking a deep dive right into a collection of modernist finds. 

‘Of their daring creativeness and visionary execution [these buildings] assist join us to a interval in our historical past that’s all too simply missed and uncared for – the latest previous,’ writes John Grindrod within the e-book’s introduction.

The buildings included span the width and breadth of Wales – from an electrical energy substation in Swansea and the Margam Crematorium to uncommon interiors of the Trostre steelworks and the undercroft of the George Road Bridge in Newport.

Brutal Wales kinds the newest in a collection of publications by Phipps, who has been investigating brutalist structure throughout the nation for greater than 20 years. 

‘They’re fragments from one other age, however of their modernity include the stirrings of change that foreshadow devolution, a good grander venture that will solely come to go some many years later,’ Grindrod’s introduction continues. 

The e-book is designed by Marc Jennings, and comes with each Welsh and English language textual content all through. A collaborative exhibition between Swansea Museum and Phipps will mark the e-book’s launch within the spring of 2024.