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: Using raw materials—such as concrete, steel, and brick—in their natural state, without plaster or paint.

A significant portion of the book analyzes Le Corbusier's role. Banham argues that Le Corbusier provided the visual vocabulary (the aesthetic) that the British architects adopted for their moral (ethical) crusade. The text dissects the texture of concrete, the visibility of the pour lines, and the "honesty" of showing the structural bones of a building. reyner banham the new brutalism pdf fixed