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I'm surprised people think it brutalist. I took those tiled ceilings to be a classical reference -- the pantheon in tube shape.

• tptacek 8y ago
  There are other brutalist buildings with classical flourishes; the calling card of brutalism is just exposed raw concrete.
  • improbable22 8y ago
    Do you have other examples in mind? Trying to think of some and failing...
    • tptacek 8y ago
      The Canadian Embassy?
      • improbable22 8y ago
        Thanks, had never seen that. Presumably the committee had a starchitect and an ambassador, both with veto power.
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