AC 4.2 NewBrutalism Reading Nixon

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What was Britain’s biggest collective enterprise of the 50s?

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Building the infrastructure of a welfare state

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The fundamental aim of the New Brutalism was to find a structural, spatial, organizational and material concept.

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True

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The use of free standing block The slabs were linked together in a linear way The street deck was intended to encourage chance encounters.

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Alison and Peter Smithson

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Which organization took inspiration from Le Corbusier's radiant city and Unité d’habitation to design a building that could house over 10,000 people, featuring 5 storey maisonette blocks, fifteen 12 storey towers, and a range of 2 storey and 4 storey terrace housing?

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London County Council

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Who designed Park Hill, Sheffield, 1961, with a focus on circulation systems and connected buildings?

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Jack Lynn and Ivor Smith

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Who was one of the most prominent New Brutalism architects known for using large horizontal slab buildings executed in béton brut concrete?

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Sir Denys Lasdun

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Ham Common housing development, London.

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James Stirling