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Nov. 14, 2020
The Barbican
The Barbican is an area of London and a property development in the Brutalist style. Yes, more Brutalism. This is the Underground Station called Barbican, which…
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gethinthomas
Sept. 03, 2020
Peter and Paul
On my search for twentieth century Brutalist masterpieces I discovered Clifton Cathedral. The Cathedral Church of SS. Peter and Paul is the Roman Catholic…
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gethinthomas
Aug. 16, 2020
Death of a Building, Part Twelve
These shots were taken October to December 2016, and January February 2017 and are really a summing up of the series. Most activity on the site is now…
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gethinthomas
Aug. 15, 2020
Death of a Building, Part Eleven
Part Eleven comprises of shots taken in September 2016. No major changes so these shots are mainly of the site and the demolition of the Adrian Boult Hall,…
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gethinthomas
Aug. 13, 2020
Death of a Building, Part Ten
Part Ten comprises of shots taken in August 2016. Mostly shots of the two service towers being removed. Probably the best action shots of the series. Please see…
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gethinthomas
Aug. 13, 2020
Death of a Building, Part Nine
Part Nine comprises of shots taken in July 2016. Only two corners of the main library building are left still standing. During July the North West corner of the…
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gethinthomas
Aug. 11, 2020
Death of a Building, Part Eight
Part Eight comprises of shots taken in June 2016. Only two corners of the main library building are left still standing. This is about the time when the empty…
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gethinthomas
Aug. 11, 2020
Death of a Building, Part Seven
Part Seven comprises of shots taken in May 2016, some of the most dramatic in the series. The soft demolition of Birmingham Library continues. A lot happens in…
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gethinthomas
Aug. 10, 2020
Death of a Building, Part Six
Part Six comprises of shots taken in April 2016. The soft demolition of Birmingham Library continues, with more of the central core removed and a large section…
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gethinthomas
Aug. 09, 2020
Death of a Building, Part Five
Part Five comprises of shots taken in March 2016. The soft demolition of Birmingham Library continues, as the core is eaten away from inside the atrium. Many of…
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gethinthomas
Aug. 08, 2020
Death of a Building, Part Three.
This is the first set documenting the actual soft demolition of Birmingham Library. Please see parts one and two for some background and photos of the building…
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gethinthomas
Aug. 07, 2020
Death of a Building, Part Two
A few years ago I lived in Birmingham, England. When I first visited Birmingham in the late seventies it had a reputation for being a concrete jungle of the…
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gethinthomas
Aug. 07, 2020
Death of a Building, Part One
A few years ago I lived in Birmingham, England. When I first visited Birmingham in the late seventies it had a reputation for being a concrete jungle of the new…
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gethinthomas
July 31, 2020
Il Grande Cretto
ON THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 14th, 1968 a terrible earthquake shook the Valle del Belice area in Sicily, destroying several towns. The earthquakes on 14 January did…
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gethinthomas
July 17, 2020
The Royal National Theatre, London, 1976-77
The style of the National Theatre building was described by Mark Girouard as "an aesthetic of broken forms" at the time of opening. Architectural opinion was…
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gethinthomas
July 02, 2020
Robin Hood Gardens
Robin Hood Gardens is a residential estate in Poplar, London, designed in the late 1960s by architects Alison and Peter Smithson and completed in 1972. It was…
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gethinthomas
July 02, 2020
Theatre Royal Car Park, Plymouth
Theatre Royal Car Park, Plymouth, my latest favourite Brutalist building. Having moved to Devon just before the pandemic lockdown, I am now venturing out again…
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gethinthomas
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