Mick Hartley

Photographers Roberto Conte and Stefano Perego spotlight the best buildings from their book Brutalist Italy:

Some of the buildings featured in Brutalist Italy have been abandoned or are in need of maintenance, while others remain in good condition. While the architectural style continues to be divisive, the photographers believe there is a growing interest in it.

"Taken as a whole, brutalism still encounters almost automatic resistance from a good portion of the population, while there is a strong and significative growth of the interest in this kind of architecture, as it also happening in rest of the world," Perego said.

"We definitely belong to the second category!"

Hey, me too.

Cemetery Extension, Jesi (1994)

Jesus the Redeemer Church, Turin (1957)

Marxer Laboratories, Loranzè (1964)

National Temple to Mary, Mother and Queen, Trieste (1965)

Villa Gontero, Cumiana. (1971)

Tree House, Fregene (1971)

Industry Viaduct-Musmeci Bridge, Potenza (1976)

Casa del Portuale, Naples (1981)

Our Lady of Tears Sanctuary, Syracuse (1994)
[Images © Roberto Conte and Stefano Perego]

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