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Another take on Brutalism

November 12, 2007

Posted by Kaid Benfield

Tags:
architecture, community, historic, landmark, preservation

Just a brief follow-up to my previous post on historic preservation:    The Washington Post’s Roger Lewis (who is also on the architecture faculty at the University of Maryland) has a creative point of view regarding the Brutalist downtown Washington...continued

"Brutal" preservation

November 7, 2007

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably

Tags:
architecture, community, historic, landmark, preservation

My first thought when I heard about this was, you've got to be kidding me. But nope, the concrete bunker you see to the left of this paragraph, actually a church building in downtown Washington, is about to be designated...continued

Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield
Director, Smart Growth Program
Washington, DC
Co-founder, LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system; co-founder, Smart Growth America coalition; author, Once There...
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