Concrete, Mon Amour

Name: Concrete, Mon Amour
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ISBN: 9783967042016

The Raw Imprint of Modernism

Gestalten, Stefano Perego

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gestalten
28 October 2025

Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial

A photographic exploration of modernism’s fearless ambition and enduring impact. Once hailed as icons of radical experimentation, the concrete structures of the mid-to-late 20th century—central to Stefano Perego’s photographic exploration—continue to stir admiration and debate. Through his lens, Perego invites readers to reflect on the era that shaped these relics of visionary modernism and the ideals they embody. Whether celebrated landmarks or forgotten outliers, Concrete, mon amour unpacks their paradoxical nature: raw yet deliberate, unadorned yet evocative. By capturing their permanence in diverse settings, this book compels a deeper interrogation into what sustains their relevance—their monumentality, audacity, or material honesty.

Edited by: Gestalten, Stefano Perego
Imprint: gestalten
Country of Publication: Germany
ISBN: 9783967042016
ISBN 10: 3967042014
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 28 October 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Stefano Perego is a Milan-based architectural photographer known for capturing modernist, brutalist, and postmodern structures. His work highlights both the monumental and the intimate, inviting reflection on modernism’s ideals and contradictions in the built environment.

Reviews for Concrete, Mon Amour: The Raw Imprint of Modernism

""Edited by Stefano Perego (gestalten). The architecture photographer's latest book covers his decade of travel visiting concrete structures and capturing the ethos of Modernism around the world. Radical visions of a future as imagined in buildings from the 1960s to the 1980s in the Balkans, the Baltic countries, Japan, Israel and more are immortalized here."" -- ""THE GLOBE AND MAIL"" ""a photographic study of modernist concrete architecture spanning 98 buildings across 29 countries. Documented over ten years between 2015 and 2025, the book explores the formal and material language of concrete structures built in the mid-to-late 20th century.""-- ""Designboom""