Concrete Jungle by Philip Butler

Concrete Jungle by Philip Butler

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Concrete Jungle - An Introduction to Dudley Zoological Garden's Pioneering Geometric Tectons by Philip Butler

Opening its doors to the public in May 1937, Dudley Zoological Gardens is home to not only a vast array of exotic creatures but also a remarkable collection of unique concrete structures known as Tectons. Designed by an architectural group headed by the renowned Modernist Berthold Lubetkin, these structures represented a pioneering approach to zoo architecture that pushed the boundaries of conventional design. They offered both a new visual aesthetic to the viewing public and a modern approach to housing captive species.

Despite most of them no longer being suitable for their original intended purpose, twelve of the thirteen Tectons built have survived, all having been listed by the built heritage group Historic England. Nearly 90 years since the zoo first opened, this book serves as a photographic tribute to these structures.

Annotated contemporary photos by Philip Butler take the reader around the site, structure by structure, documenting their forms in the Twenty-First Century.

A proportion of profits are being donated to the zoo

Limited to 100 copies
Softback book (350gsm cover/150gsm pages)
210mm square
50 pages cover to cover

** Please be aware, if you are ordering outside the UK your parcel may be subject to import duty on arrival in your country. **

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We're So Lucky To Have This Place, Aren't We? - Alice Martin (Collated Observations 25)
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Town by Stephen J Morgan (Collated Observations 24)
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Analogue Heights by Hector Malcolm (Collated Observations 20)
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Isolated by Beverley Bingham (Collated Observations 19)
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Coming Up For Air by Emyr Payne (Collated Observations 18)
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Cloaked Figures by Stephen Hyatt-Cross (Collated Observations 17)
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Down Middlewood Lane by Darren O'Brien (Collated Observations 15)
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Brighton +/- by Jules Carr (Collated Observations 09)
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Down the Strand by Dan Kirmatzis (Collated Observations 08)
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Common Era by Lucy Shortman (Collated Observations ISSUE.07)
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Corporate Blandness Directorate by Ryan Trower (Collated Observations 04)
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Fountain - Great Urinals of the Valleys by Jon Pountney (Collated Observations 23)
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The Last Day Of Our Youth by Paul B Baker (Collated Observations 22)
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Revisiting New Brighton by Phillip Lake (Collated Observations 21)
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Portrait of a Market Town by Celia Bartlett (Collated Observations 16)
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Here is a Place by David Griffiths (Collated Observations 14)
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Futures Past and Present by Alastair Jackson (Collated Observations 13)
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Y Traethau by Billie Charity (Collated Observations 12)
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Corridors of Uncertainty by Jay Mason-Burns (Collated Observations 11)
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Seaside Glory by Daniel Loveday (Collated Observations 10)
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The Permanent Way by Christian Sayer (Collated Observations 06)
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Postcards from the Promenade by Ben Hodgson (Collated Observations 05)
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Solitary Viewpoint by Laura Hansford (Collated Observations 03)
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Village Lockdown by Robert Law (Collated Observations 02)
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Opportunism by Steve Till (Collated Observations 01)
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