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BRUTAL BRITAIN : Build Your Own Brutalist Great Britain by Zupagrafika

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High-rise tower blocks, prefab panel housing estates, streets in the sky, new towns; some of the concrete constructions that once shaped the cityscapes of post-war Britain have stood the test of time, while others are long gone.

Brutal Britain by Zupagrafika celebrates the brutalist architecture of the British Isles, inviting readers to explore the modern past of Great Britain and rebuild some of its most intriguing post-war edifices, from the iconic slabs of Sheffield`s Park Hill and London's Trellick Tower, to the demolished Birmingham Central Library.

Opening with a foreword by architectural historian Barnabas Calder, the book includes short chapters with full-page colour illustrations and informative texts on each building, along with 9 press-out paper models featuring all kinds of details originally present on the facades. All models are die-cut and pre-folded with simple assembly instructions attached: all you need is glue. This is the second edition of Brutal Britain, complete with a new model and chapter on Trellick Tower.

Arlington House. Margate  
Birmingham Central Library. Birmingham
Cables Wynd House (Aka Banana Flats). Edinburgh 
Cotton Gardens Estate. London
Hutchesontown C. Glasgow 
No. 1 Croydon. Croydon
Park Hill. Sheffield 
The Toast Rack. Manchester
Trellick Tower. London

Author: Zupagrafika (David Navarro & Martyna Sobecka)
Zupagrafika. 56 pages, 24 x 30 cm
Hardcover - English (2022)

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Customer Reviews (4.8 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Sebastian W. ★★★★★

The detailed cut-out illustrations of the Park Hill estate in Sheffield brought back a flood of memories from my student days. I've spent a whole afternoon carefully assembling the Brutalist tower blocks, and the paper stock feels sturdy enough to survive a few moves.

Nicholas ★★★★★

As someone who grew up near one of those new towns, flipping through these pages felt like a proper trip down memory lane, and the punch-out models capture the sheer scale of the towers perfectly. The details on the prefab panel housing estates are wonderfully crisp, making each little structure fee

Hazel ★★★★★

I'd been eyeing this for ages and it did not disappoint — the tower block designs pop out pre-cut with no scissors needed, which made the whole build way less fiddly than I expected. The finished Trellick-style high-rise sits on my desk now like a tiny concrete monument.