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  2. Khrushchevka - Wikipedia

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    Panel khrushchevka in Tomsk. Khrushchevkas (Russian: хрущёвка, romanized: khrushchyovka, IPA: [xrʊˈɕːɵfkə]) are a type of low-cost, concrete-paneled or brick three- to five-storied apartment buildings (and apartments in these buildings) which were designed and constructed in the Soviet Union since the early 1960s (when their namesake, Nikita Khrushchev, was leader of the Soviet ...

  3. List of Brutalist structures - Wikipedia

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    Panel building – many of which are large and constructed of bare concrete panels. Panelák – a panel building constructed of pre-fabricated, pre-stressed concrete which may resemble brutalist structures. Plattenbau – as above but in Germany

  4. Panel buildings in Russia - Wikipedia

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    Panel khrushchevka in Tomsk Brick khrushchevka in Tomsk. A khrushchevka (Russian: хрущёвка, romanized: khrushchyovka, IPA: [xrʊˈɕːɵfkə]) is a type of low-cost, concrete-paneled or brick three- to five-storied apartment building which was developed in the Soviet Union during the early 1960s, during the time its namesake Nikita Khrushchev directed the Soviet government. [1]

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    Make that bland space feel more like home with personal touches that won't break the bank.

  6. Brutalist architecture - Wikipedia

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    Buildings may use materials such as concrete, brick, glass, steel, timber, rough-hewn stone, and gabions among others. [8] However, due to its low cost, raw concrete is often used and left to reveal the basic nature of its construction with rough surfaces featuring wood "shuttering" produced when the forms were cast in situ. [8]

  7. 46 Funny, Creepy And Straight Up Bizarre Things People ... - AOL

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    This unique structure, made entirely of concrete, was Kalo’s masterpiece before he passed away later that year. Today, the house is home to Kalo's apprentice, Thierry Atta, who helped bring the ...

  8. Panel building - Wikipedia

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    Panel buildings may refer to buildings of one of the following types: Built of structural insulated panels; Built of pre-fabricated concrete blocks, named differently in various countries. Large Panel System building known as Plattenbau in German, Panelák in Czech and Slovak, wielka płyta in Polish and Panelház in Hungarian.

  9. Reema construction - Wikipedia

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    Reema construction is a system of building using prefabricated reinforced concrete panels which came into being in the late 1940s and was still in use well into the 1960s. Buildings made in this way are currently (2008) very hard to obtain finance on in the UK, primarily due to potential problems with similar large panel system construction ...