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12 months of brutalist brilliance photographed by

12 months of brutalist brilliance photographed by world class photographers. The 2024 edition features stunning photography of Brutalist architecture from Buenos Aires to Bulgaria.

The calendar measures 320mm x 240mm closed and opens to 320mm x 480mm. It is printed with vegetable-based inks on high quality FSC-certified recycled 300gsm

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Nanterre’s Tours Nuages, the Cloud Towers Tours

Nanterre’s Tours Nuages, the Cloud Towers

Tours Nuages is among the most original pieces of architecture built during the Trente Glorieuses

One of Nanterre’s most original designs is a poetic cluster of buildings, the Tours Nuages, which best translates as cloud towers, a nod to their shape and design. This social housing complex was built between 1974 and 1981 by Émile Aillaud, with the artist (and Aillaud’s son-in-law), Fabio Rieti and sculptor (and Aillaud’s daughter) Laurence. It is among the most original pieces of architecture built during the “Trente Glorieuses”, the 30 years between 1945 and 1975 when the French economy revived and grew and the government built a large number of homes to solve the housing crisis. Beyond the Peripherique, as modern Paris sprawled outward, a series of suburbs were constructed or developed to house the poor, the immigrant the unemployed, the unwanted.. read the full post and more images on Greyscape.com with thanks to @ultrarchitecte

A site of pilgrimage for fans of architecture, thi

A site of pilgrimage for fans of architecture, this is the Dominican Priory of Sainte Marie de La Tourette, architect Corbusier 1953-61. UNESCO World Heritage Site, ‘the Couvent Sainte-Marie de La Tourette is a unique synthesis of the achievements of the Modern Movement, combining Purist forms, Brutalist textures and revolutionary solutions in terms of living space’. Image Alexandre Norman CC BY SA 1.0

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