Found: New Wing at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. From an Ektachrome Transparency copyright the L.L. Cook Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, circa 1960s. |
Found: Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin. Photo and published by G. R. Brown Co., Eau Claire, Wisconsin, circa 1970s. |
Found: The New Greyhound Bus Depot on 7th between W. Wisconsin & W. Michigan Avenues, Milwaukee, Wis. Copyright the L.L. Cook Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, circa 1960s. |
Found: Milwaukee Performing Arts Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Symphony, opera, ballet, repertory theater, Broadway shows, recitals, pop music, banquets in Uihlein Hall, Todd Wehr Theater, Charles P. Vogel Recital Hall, Harry Lynde Bradley. From an Ektachrome Transparency, copyright The L.L. Cook Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, circa 1970s |
Banal brutalist architecture with massive slabs of concrete and nothingness. Today there is another form of banal architecture for such institutions that involves the inverese: lots of glass and windows, textural imported stone, and cherry custom wood accents.
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