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Washington Metro (Waffle Slab Vault Stations)

Serving around 700,000 people daily, the Washington D.C Metro is one of the most frequented Brutalist architectural structures. From the stations’ initial designs, Weese intended for them to act as monumental public spaces. Consistent designs of concr…

Berkeley Art Museum, University of California

Shaped like a fan, Ciampi’s building adapts itself to Berkeley’s wavy landscape. Large, connected exposed concrete blocks form a dramatic general view. On the inside the dynamic design could almost be called proto-deconstructivist: robust concrete p…

Ruhr University

The Ruhr University was the first new university to be founded in West Germany after World War II. Its 13 blocks are reminiscent of Tange’s Prefectural Office in Kagawa. A concrete podium serves to bring them together to form a single megastructure.

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To represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. 260 ii
To exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design. 474 iii
To bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared. 499 iv
To be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history. 633 ix
To be outstanding examples representing significant on-going ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals. 135 v
To be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change. 167 vi
To be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (The Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria). 252 vii
To contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. 148 viii
To be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth's history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features. 96 x
To contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation. 166

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