Truth to materials
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title:
Truth to materials
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Truth to materials is a tenet of modern architecture, which holds that any material should be used where it is most appropriate and its nature should not be hidden. Concrete, therefore, should not be painted and the means of its construction should be celebrated by, for instance, not sanding away marks left by timber shuttering. As another example, porcelain is infrequently used in the exterior facing of buildings, but one modern example is the Dakin Building, Brisbane, California; therefore, th
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Architectural principle
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_to_materials
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2023-06-22T13:43:43Z
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