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Bunkers Brutalism and Bloodymindedness

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Bunkers Brutalism and Bloodymindedness

Two-part documentary in which Jonathan Meades makes the case for 20th-century concrete Brutalist architecture in an homage to a style that he sees a brave, bold and bloodyminded.

Tracing its precursors to the once-hated Victorian edifices described as Modern Gothic and before that to the unapologetic baroque visions created by John Vanbrugh, as well as the martial architecture of World War II, Meades celebrates the emergence of the Brutalist spirit in his usual provocative and incisive style.

Never pulling his punches, Meades praises a moment in architecture he considers sublime and decries its detractors.

$25.00

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Abroad Again in Britain

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Abroad Again in Britain

Jonathan Meades gives a personal perspective of British history.

$30.00

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Jonathan Meades: Off Kilter

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Jonathan Meades: Off Kilter

Jonathan Meades takes a quixotic tour of Scotland, a country which has intrigued him since he first encountered lists of towns only known from football coupons

$25.00

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Ben Building: Mussolini, Monuments and Modernism (2016)

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Ben Building: Mussolini, Monuments and Modernism (2016)

Having previously investigated the architecture of Hitler and Stalin’s regimes, Jonathan Meades turns his attention to another notorious 20th-century European dictator, Mussolini. His travels take him to Rome, Milan, Genoa, the new town of Sabaudia and the vast military memorials of Redipuglia and Monte Grappa. When it comes to the buildings of the fascist era, Meades discovers a dictator who couldn’t dictate, with Mussolini caught between the contending forces of modernism and a revivalism that harked back to ancient Rome. The result was a variety of styles that still influence architecture today. Along the way, Meades ponders on the nature of fascism, the influence of the Futurists, and Mussolini’s love of a fancy uniform.

$15.00

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Abroad in Britain

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Abroad in Britain

Series in which Jonathan Meades considers unusual homes or architecture around Britain.

$48.00

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