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concrete, painted? 1910s vs. 1970s
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The unpainted brutalist concrete buildings of the 1960s and 1970s are well  
known.  And Wright called for his concrete Guggenheim to be painted  (currently 
it is completely innocent of paint, and it will never look better  than now).
 
But, as to concrete buildings of the 1910s and 1920s - factories and  
warehouses, e.g. - were they originally painted or unpainted?  Does paint  do 
anything for - or against - concrete?   Was the concrete at that  time significantly 
different, as to weathering, than later concrete?
 
Christopher 



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