Some of the world's best known brutalist buildings have been turned into wallpaper designs, including a London car park that is threatened with demolition and Rio de Janeiro's Mayan-inspired cathedral.
The Brutalist Architecture collection by British company Murals Wallpaper features close-up details from five celebrated brutalist buildings, including the distinctive diamond-patterned facade of Welbeck Street car park and the modular walls of the Edgar Fonceca-designed Cathedral of Saint Sebastian.
The distinctive diamond-patterned facade of Welbeck Street car park is one of the five wallpaper designs
Also included in the concrete-themed collection is: the vaulted ceiling of Washington DC's brutalist metro system designed by architect Harry Weese, which opened in 1976; the facade of the Pinnacle Building (formerly West Riding House), which was built in Leeds in 1972; and London's Portland House, which was completed in 1963. Priced at £36 per square metre, the wallpapers have been produced in response to a large amount of controversy generated in the past year by the treatment of various brutalist buildings.
"With the controversial demolition of the famous Robin Hood Gardens estate in London in December, fascination with brutalist style architecture has returned to the spotlight," said the brand. "Love it or hate it, it is certainly a conversation starter."
Also included in the collection is the Edgar Fonceca-designed Cathedral of Saint Sebas...