BRUTALIST ARCHITECTURE MODELS

Brutalist buildings, cast in plaster and finished by hand. These are the landmarks of the postwar concrete decades — the towers, theatres and civic monuments that were hated for thirty years and are now among the most photographed buildings in the world — reduced to a scale that sits on a shelf without losing any of their weight.

The collection runs from the building that started it all, Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation in Marseille, through London's essentials — Trellick Tower, the National Theatre, Centre Point and the Barbican's Lauderdale Tower — to Manchester's Toast Rack and two of Marcel Breuer's American monuments: the Armstrong Rubber Company Building in New Haven and the Breuer Building on Madison Avenue, our newest model. 

Brutalism suits plaster. These buildings make their argument through mass, repetition and shadow rather than fine detail, and those are exactly the qualities a cast model keeps. Plaster takes the imprint of its mould the way concrete takes the imprint of its formwork; a Trellick Tower or Breuer Building under a directional light throws the same deep shadows its namesake does. For a room, the effect is a piece of Brutalist sculpture at a scale that works — heavy, quiet and monochrome.

Each model is designed and made in our Sussex studio, shipped within five working days, with duties and taxes included in the price. If you'd like to understand the movement before you choose, start with our guide to Brutalist architecture.