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Alan Karchmer collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Identifier

32_20.C

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Buckman Laboratories Building, 1256 N. McLean, Memphis, Tennessee. Built in 1972. Architects: Walk Jones and Francis Mah. Photographer: Alan Karchmer. © Alan Karchmer.

This elegant structure is conceived as a glass box resting on a concrete pedestal.

Late Modern Architecture is a refinement of elements from the major movements in that architecture's development. It employs a high level of technology and is marked by the influence of space-age aesthetics.

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2021

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Keywords

Architecture--Tennessee--Memphis.

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