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The heyday of Brutalism architecture in the UK was from the late 50s to around 1980, and was often in tandem with urban renewal schemes that demolished older structures (if they hadn't been demolished by the Luftwaffe) and brought motorways into city centers. I exaggerate somewhat, but that's a basic view.

What I'm wondering is how that heyday could be made to last longer and what its cultural effects would be - would it require fewer cases like Ronan Point for it to remain publically palatable? How would the urban centres of many smaller urban areas look in a world where Brutalism (and the associated urban renewal schemes of the late 60s, though those are optional) kept going?

And, before anyone else asks, what effect would it have on Doctor Who?
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