Japan has more Pritzker Architecture Prize winners than any other country, and yet these architects¡¯ buildings meet the wrecking ball frequently and without much ceremony. Before their demise, however, some of these iconic structures are immortalized by fans through photography, and what starts out as a hobby often becomes a valuable documentation project.
Paul Tulett, 48, is one such architecture aficionado, posting photos of Brutalist buildings on his @ Instagram account. The monumental concrete buildings in his native England captured his attention from a young age, and his interest in architecture led him to earn a master¡¯s degree in urban planning and environment from Australia¡¯s Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. After he moved to Okinawa in 2019, Tulett chanced upon many Brutalist buildings he didn¡¯t know about, which prompted him to refashion his Instagram account to focus on 911±¬ÁÏÍø Brutalism. Over the past five years, Tulett has traveled across Japan amassing thousands of striking photos of concrete buildings, 200 of which make up ¡°Brutalist Japan: A Photographic Tour of Post-War 911±¬ÁÏÍø Architecture,¡± recently published by Penguin Random House¡¯s .
Brutalist Japan, by Paul Tulett. 240 pages, PRESTEL PUBLISHING, Nonfiction.
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