Nordic Brutal
ISBN-13: 9788398050500
Contributor(s): Zupagrafika
Subject: Architecture
Publisher Imprint: Zupagrafika
Publication Date: 25-03-2027
Format: Hardback
Availability: Not yet published
£36.99
About the book
Documents the structures that reshaped Northern Europe's urban landscapes between the 1950s and the 1980s, from monumental public buildings and futuristic water towers to brutalist churches and massive prefab panel housing estates. Stretching from the volcanic plains of Iceland to the granite bedrock of Finland, and sweeping through Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, this book explores a distinctly Nordic take on brutalist architecture, where monolithic forms merge with the natural landscape and reinforced concrete meets Scandinavian functionalist design. With over 170 photographs by Zupagrafika founders David Navarro and Martyna Sobecka, capturing 120 buildings across the region, and a foreword by Swedish architectural researcher Malin Zimm, this is the first visual monograph dedicated to post-war concrete architecture spanning all five Nordic countries.