Brutalist Berlin

"Brutalist Berlin" is the first title in Blue Crow Media’s new series of architectural guidebooks exploring Brutalist and concrete architecture. Written and photographed by Dr Felix Torkar, the book documents more than fifty buildings across the city and places Berlin’s Brutalist architecture within the political and cultural context of post-war reconstruction and the Cold War.

From the monumental Mäusebunker and Pallasseum housing complex to the minimalist St Agnes Church, Brutalist Berlin examines how ideology, material and optimism defined the city’s concrete legacy. Torkar’s writing and photography together offer an informed and deeply visual study of a movement that continues to shape contemporary design.