Sample 13 Exhibition

I am very proud to have been selected to be part of this year's Sample 13 exhibition, a group show of artists and photographers that are clients of theprintspace, London. The exhibition displays fresh new artists/photographers and comprises of an exciting selection of work from Kyler Zeleny’s Canadian landscapes from his travelogue ‘Out West’ to the self portraiture of Jocelyn Allen in the series ‘The Many Faces of JFA’ to the delicate illustrations of Holly Sharpe and the whimsical skies in Sinem Mucur’s work. My 'sample' is from the series Beautiful Brutalism, which is an ongoing exploration of Brutalist architecture from around the UK.

The exhibition runs from the 5th - 30th April 2013, 9-7pm mon-fri and admission is free.

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New Work - Brutalist Playgounds

I have wanted to visit and add some brutalist playgrounds to my Beautiful Brutalism project for a long time. I remember playing on a concrete tube we called 'the saddle' at my old primary school and loved it. So have fond memories of these concrete playgrounds. Unfortunately not many have survived but last November I researched and visited a playground that was still standing down in South Clapham beneath Belgravia House tower block. This was a fantastic playground with a spiral slide and tunnels to run through the hill that housed the slide. It was great to see the playground was well maintained and looked like it was still used. I couldn't resist and have to say the slide was fantastic! The whole project can be seen here. Then earlier this year I visited the Aintree Estate playground in Fulham. The two tower blocks, Hartopp Point and Lannoy Point are due to be demolished this year so wanted to visit before access was difficult and the area the playground is sit

Brutalism in Photos Feature

Oracle Time Magazine featured a lovely positive article about brutalist architecture in London in their June issue of the magazine and online. Along with photographs from my ongoing personal project Beautiful Brutalism they also featured the work of photographers Simon Phipps and Hayley Goodwin. The online article can be read here .

Prince Street Car Park - Bristol

Over the weekend I was in the beautiful city of Bristol catching up with friends and photographing the stunning Prince Street Car Park to add to my ongoing Beautiful Brutalism project. The car park was designed by Kenneth, Wakeford, Jarram & Harris in 1966 and is very similar to the design of Welbeck St Car Park in London. It was a great building to photograph and I look forward to uploading all the images to my Beautiful Brutalism project over the next few weeks.

JO UNDERHILL / STRUCTURALEYE

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