Brutal North: Post-War Modernist Architecture in the North of England scented candle Drawing on Butcher’s vivid recollections

Drawing on Butcher’s vivid recollections and a wealth of unpublished material―including never-before-seen images

Council housing is as much a part of the capital as Big Ben or Buckingham Palace

successes and disappointments

The Squirrel Family is expanding and decides it's time to move house

His research and projects focus on the history and theory of architecture

Brutal North: Post-War Modernist Architecture in the North of England scented candle Drawing on Butcher’s vivid recollectionsHardback, 208 pages By Simon Phipps During the post war years the North of England saw the building of some of the most aspirational, enlightened and successful modernist architecture in the world. For the first time, a single photographic book captures those buildings, in all their power and progressive ambition. Over the last few years acclaimed photographer Simon Phipps has travelled and sought out the publicly commissioned architecture of the post