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Re:Crimes in Concrete by Zigurd on Monday May 13, 2019 @04:04PM (#19903363)
Was just at Umass Amherst for my son's graduation. It's an open air museum of brutalism.

Breuer's student center building: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_D._Lincoln_Campus_Cente...

The nearby parking garage is better, actually.

The Fine Arts Center: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_Arts_Center_(Amherst,_Mas...

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Re:Crimes in Concrete by LeanderK on Monday May 13, 2019 @04:33PM (#19903651)
> It's an open air museum of brutalism.

I am not sure how to interpret your comment. Was this meant to be in a negative sense or in a positive sense? Or without any judgement?

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Re:Crimes in Concrete by JoshTko on Monday May 13, 2019 @04:54PM (#19903857)
Brutalism is an architecture style common in the mid 19th century
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Re:Crimes in Concrete by theoh on Monday May 13, 2019 @05:20PM (#19904087)
20th century.
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Re:Crimes in Concrete by LeanderK on Monday May 13, 2019 @05:07PM (#19903973)
yeah, i know. I quite like it myself.
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Re:Crimes in Concrete by Zigurd on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @02:21PM (#19922215)
It's from "beton brut" meaning raw concrete.
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