Beyond Brutalism and the Postwar Architecture-Sculpture Network : Redefining Media and Global Public Space (Hardcover)

Introduction? Part 1: The (postwar) historical context of the Architecture-Sculpture Network and?Beton Brut??1. SYNTHESIS: Forging the Architecture-Sculpture Network: Synthese des Arts and Andre Bloc’s Legacy? 2. TEXTURE: Exploring concrete in the Architecture -Sculpture network: Brutalism vs?Beton brut??PART 2: Sculpting the Urban Landscape: The Rise of Concrete Sculptures in Public Spaces??3. COLLABORATION: Picasso’s Encounter with Concrete: Carl Nesjar and Betograve? 4 MOVEMENT: Concrete Landmarks: The International Sculpture Symposium and Highway Sculptures?Part 3: Sculpture in Architecture and the Built Environment: Living and Exhibiting in?Beton Brut? 5. DWELLING: The Sculptural House? 6. DOMESTICITY:?Living in a?Beton Brut?Sculpture? 7.?DISPLAY: A Sculptural Environment for Art??Epilogue: Concrete Synthesis, Then and Now