Brutal London: Construct Your Own Concrete Capital

This was a Christmas gift for a graphic designer. She really loved it. It’s a really cool arty and fun but also avant-garde gift for grown ups! I’m sure older kiddies would love it too. She messaged me with a photo of one of the buildings she’s constructed and said it was a lot of fun.

I bought this with the intention of using the models inside to make a cityscape, then adding some figurines running away from it (please see my review on 'Horrified Movie Victims Figure Set of 4' for the full enchilada on that). The final part was to have my cat in the background, looking over it like a furry Godzilla. As it turned out, this book was so good that I just kept it as it was. I did not have the heart to cut out the model sections. A collector's item for anyone partial to Brutalism. The good people of Table-opolis can sleep soundlessly once more.

This was a gift for a friend who likes brutalist architecture. They were thrilled! The models looked interesting and of good quality and my friend was particularly pleased with some of the buildings included. A different sort of gift.

The media could not be loaded.  Excellent models that I built, very easily, and took video's with the actual buildings behind the models... Nice celebration of brilliant designs.

for those interested in London Brutalist architecture this is a very interesting book

Fabulous book. The text is informative. The models are simple, but capture the essence of the buildings. I recommend this book unreservedly.

Excellent and well received.

My brother loved this, and started making immediately