{"product_id":"the-architecture-of-doom","title":"The Architecture of Doom","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA windowless skyscraper in Manhattan. An abandoned listening station rusting above Berlin. Disused Underground stations beneath London, and an experimental concrete treehouse in the hills outside Rome. \u003cem\u003eThe Architecture of Doom\u003c\/em\u003e collects buildings that most architectural photography politely avoids, and photographs them with real attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat holds the selection together is not period or style — Soviet monuments under snow sit beside private houses and frankly utilitarian infrastructure — but a shared quality of bold simplicity and raw presence. These are buildings that refuse to charm. The book makes the case that this refusal is itself a kind of beauty, and that the unease these structures provoke is worth sitting with rather than designing away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e208 pages of colour photography spanning several continents and building types\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSubjects range from Brutalist landmarks to Soviet-era monuments, disused transport infrastructure and private residences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompact 151 x 199 mm hardback format\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat You'll Discover\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow stark, unornamented buildings generate atmosphere through mass, blankness and scale alone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe visual continuities linking Brutalist masterworks to purely utilitarian structures never intended as architecture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbandoned and repurposed sites — listening stations, closed stations, decommissioned monuments — photographed as they now stand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy buildings widely regarded as ugly hold such durable fascination\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 151 x 199 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 208\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9781917719223\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Hoxton Mini Press\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublication Date: 21 May 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePerfect For\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eArchitects and photographers drawn to Brutalism and post-war concrete, readers of Hoxton Mini Press's photographic series, and anyone who slows down to look at buildings other people hurry past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hoxton Mini Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48959343591649,"sku":"9781917719223","price":55.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1116\/0464\/files\/9781917719223_900xcopy.jpg?v=1787285812","url":"https:\/\/bookshopbyuro.com\/products\/the-architecture-of-doom","provider":"Bookshop by Uro","version":"1.0","type":"link"}