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Source Collection
Alan Karchmer collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
25_21.D
Description
Luther Towers Housing, Highland and Cowden, Memphis, Tennessee. Built in 1971. Architects: Walk Jones and Francis Mah. Photographer: Alan Karchmer. © Alan Karchmer.
A different application of the same precast system used at Brooks Gallery.
Brutalist buildings have a look of weight and massiveness that sets them apart from other rectangular, flat-roofed structures. Windows are treated as holes or voids, not as continuations of the skin. Concrete is the favorite material, nearly always left exposed.
Date Created
2021
Date
undated
Recommended Citation
"Luther Towers Housing, Memphis" (2021). Images. 67.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-karchmera2/67
Keywords
Architecture--Tennessee--Memphis.
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