Brutalism by Clement Alexander;

Author:Clement, Alexander;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Crowood

Gollins, Melvin and Ward, Castrol House, Marylebone Road, London, 1959. A classic Miesian glass and steel tower and podium.

Sydney Kaye, Euston Tower, Euston Road, London, 1970, following the Miesian tradition more than ten years after Castrol House showing the lasting appeal of this style.

The Economist Building

One of Alison and Peter Smithson’s most celebrated projects, and one of only a few commercial structures the couple built, was that for The Economist newspaper on London’s St James’s Street, completed in 1964. A number of factors set this building apart from the Smithsons’ other work in the mid-1960s, namely scale, materials and form, all of which combined to create an elegantly proportioned cluster block, which presents one of the more restrained examples of early Massive period Brutalism. Tying all this together was the concept of the plaza, a raised platform counteracting the downward slope of St James’s Street and on which the three blocks stood. Through this visitors, residents and workers could walk on a meandering route between St James’s Street and Bury Street with tantalizing views through to the spaces beyond.

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