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Béton brut

Also called beton brut

Raw concrete left as it comes from the formwork, showing the marks of the boards and joints (French: raw concrete).

See also: Brutalism

Rules that use the word

Béton brut: concrete as found. Leave concrete as it comes from the formwork, marked by the grain of the boards and the joints of the shuttering, and let the structure be seen.

Where it appears in the book

In the chapters The Modern Movement.

Nearby in the glossary

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