Shapes of Brutalism Economist Buildings, London - graphic print Size:A2 - 42cm x 59.4cm Our limited edition Span 05

Our limited edition Span 05 print is the fifth in a series of limited edition prints celebrating Span houses

This is a giclee print on 308gsm matt fine art paper

The estate was designed by the architects Powell and Moya and completed in 1962

The poster was commissioned by the Tate Modern Shop

Span Developments was set up by Geoffrey Townsend and Eric Lyons who built over 2

Shapes of Brutalism Economist Buildings, London - graphic print Size:A2 - 42cm x 59.4cm Our limited edition Span 05This print is inspired by the facade of the Economist Buildings, 25 St James Street, London designed by Alison and Peter Smithson in the early 1960s. The Shapes of Brutalism collection celebrates brutalist architecture in London. Brutalism championed material honesty and expressed function through form. The bold concrete forms and subsequent dark pockets and shadows created are a signature look of brutalist structures. This is a giclee print on 308gsm