Brutalism is one of the most misrepresented architectural movements. After World War 2, 30% of houses in Britain had been made uninhabitable. Concrete provided a low-skill, affordable building material to create highly functional social housing and public facilities. Between 1950 and 1980, Brutalist projects were filled with optimism, offering an exciting glimpse into 21st-century living. However, successive negative media depictions eventually led to perceptions of Brutalist buildings as dystopian hubs of crime and poverty. This photobook documents Brutalist buildings on 35mm film, as they would’ve been in the 1970s, reigniting the excitement they once inspired.
