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Nuffield Transplantation Surgery Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland

Peter Womersley, 1963.

An interesting example of Brutalist Architecture;solid, linear, concrete blocks are the prime characteristics of brutalist architecture, a style which thrived between the 1950s and 1970s. The term 'brutalism' comes from the French 'béton brut' which translates as 'raw concrete'. It's an acquired taste but one which is becoming more and more revered, in an age of vast expanses of glass.