Brutalist Interiors explores the concrete spaces that define many of the world’s most significant Brutalist works, presenting a global narrative of Brutalist interior architecture – from sacred structures and civic monuments to private dwellings and contemporary reinterpretations – through new photography and original critical essays. The volume includes a foreword, seven essays and more than 100 photographs. With contributions by leading architectural writers and historians, including Blake Gopnik, Ewan Harrison, Deane Madsen, Gili Merin, Naomi Pollock, Ljubica Slavković, Felix Torkar and Rixt Woudstra, the book foregrounds the conceptual and material intelligence embedded within Brutalist interiors. These essays offer a nuanced examination of the ethical and aesthetic imperatives that shaped Brutalist design, as well as the social and political conditions in which these interiors were conceived and constructed. Photographs by renowned photographers such as Iwan Baan, Roberto Conte, Leonardo Finotti, Stefano Perego and Simon Phipps capture the austere beauty, formal precision and spatial dynamism of interior environments that are frequently overlooked or inaccessible. Featured projects include Denys Lasdun’s work in Ghana, Tadao Ando’s concrete meditations in Japan, and Moshe Safdie’s iconic Habitat 67 in Montreal, alongside interiors across Europe, Asia, South America and North America. These spaces—often threatened—are documented here with rigour and clarity, making Brutalist Interiors both an essential visual archive and a critical intervention. Printed in Italy on heavy stock paper, edited by Blue Crow founder and publisher Derek Lamberton, the book reflects a commitment to intellectual rigour and considered design. With large-format pages, tactile materials and a restrained typographic palette, Brutalist Interiors is conceived as both a reference work and a collector’s object, inviting reflection on the intersections of architecture, ideology and material culture. Blue Crow, 192pp, 26cm x 18.5cm, illustrated hardcover, 2025
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