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Brutalist Italy shows how architects on the peninsula embraced concrete's pluralities and contradictions, in styles that were not always necessarily a utopian view of times ahead but also reflective, layered in history.--Elizabeth Short ""Morning Star"" But this little book is full of wildly inventive, sculptural buildings by architects who have escaped the classical legacy of fascism and the ubiquity of the historic.--Edwin Heathcote ""Financial Times: How To Spend It"" Brutalist Italy contains such a cavalcade of concrete riches that it seems selfish to publish any more images here; you'll have to buy the book to see the best ones.--Jonathan Bell ""Wallpaper*""

"Brutalist Italy contains such a cavalcade of concrete riches that it seems selfish to publish any more images here; you'll have to buy the book to see the best ones.--Jonathan Bell ""Wallpaper*"""

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Roberto Conte (1980) began taking photographs in 2006. Today he works closely with architectural practices, artists and designers, specialising in documenting buildings of the 20th century - ranging from avant-garde and rationalist structures to post-war modernism, brutalism and contemporary architecture. Stefano Perego (1984) began photographing the industrial ruins of Milan in 2006 and has since documented hundreds of abandoned sites across Europe. After visiting the former Yugoslavia, he decided to concentrate on the modernist and brutalist architecture of former socialist countries. Adrian Forty is Emeritus Professor of the History of Architecture - The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London EDITORS: Damon Murray and Stephen Sorrell have been publishing critically acclaimed books on design and architecture since 2004.

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