The Italian Cultural Institute of Berlin is hosting the first exhibition dedicated to Brutalist Italy. Concrete architecture from the Alps to the Mediterranean Sea, the ambitious photographic project by Roberto Conte and Stefano Perego, which documents a vast range of Brutalist architectures built in Italy between the 1960s and 1980s.
The result of over five years of research and 20,000 km of travel, the two photographers' work portrays a diverse architectural landscape often overlooked by institutional criticism. It includes emblematic structures such as the Casa del Portuale in Naples and the "Lavatrici" residential complex in Genoa, alongside cemeteries, museums, exhibition centers, churches, and distinctive public infrastructure.
The “Brutalist Italy” photography exhibition, inspired by the namesake catalog published by Fuel in 2023 with an introduction by Adrian Forty, represents the Institute's effort to continue shedding light on a chapter of Italian architecture that reinterpreted the Brutalist aesthetic in a unique way, creating a singular phenomenon within the European landscape.
Exhibition: Brutalist Italy Location: Istituto italiano di Cultura di Berlino, Berlin, Germany Dates: from 19th February 2025 to 30th Aprile 2025