Simon Phipps

Simon Phipps, born in Leeds, is an artist based In London. He is a graduate in sculpture from the Royal College of Art and a renowned photographer of post-war modernist architecture. He is the author of six books: Brutal London,  Finding Brutalism, Concrete Poetry: Post-War Modernist Public Art, Brutal North: Post-War Modernist Architecture in the North of England and Brutal Outer London. Finding Brutalism was a winner of the 2018 DAM Architectural Book Award and a bronze medalist in the 2018 German Photobook Award. Brutal London was a finalist for the British Book and Production Awards 2017. Brutal Outer London was shortlisted for the 2023 Architecture Book of the Year Award.

Phipps's photographic archive can be seen at www.simonphipps.co.uk and for more - Twitter and Instagram @new_brutalism