College Protests and ‘Riot-Proof’ Brutalist Architecture, Explained
Modernist architecture — often grimly functional — dominated college and university construction in the wake of Vietnam-era unrest. Did their designers have protest in mind?
Pro-Palestinian protesters formed an encampment near Roland Hall at the UC Irvine campus on April 29 in Irvine, California.
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