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Which Christchurch architectural firm, founded by Sir Miles Warren and Maurice Mahoney, defined the Brutalist 'Christchurch School' style exemplified by the Dorset Street flats?

Answer: Warren and Mahoney — Warren and Mahoney's 1956 Dorset Street flats, with exposed concrete, bold structural expression, and honest materiality, launched a distinct regional Brutalist idiom that influenced a generation of architects.

Warren and Mahoney's 1956 Dorset Street flats, with exposed concrete, bold structural expression, and honest materiality, launched a distinct regional Brutalist idiom that influenced a generation of architects.

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