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===20th and 21st centuries architecture=== From the middle of the 19th century, the arrival of the railway in Toulouse facilitated the supply of stone and made it cheaper for construction, and architects did not hesitate to play on the old traditional Toulouse codes linked to the prestige of stone construction, even if these no longer had the economic justification of yesteryear. Thus, at the beginning of the 20th century, the main railway station was built entirely in white stone. Subsequently, concrete replaced the traditional materials, but brick and stone were still used for cladding, as shown recently by the work of prestigious architects such as [[Robert Venturi]] and [[Denise Scott Brown]] for the seat of the departmental council, or [[Shelley McNamara]] and [[Yvonne Farrell]] for the Toulouse School of Economics building. <gallery mode="packed" heights=130 caption="20th and 21st centuries architecture"> File:Gare de Toulouse-Matabiau - Facade et le Parvis Canal.jpg|Toulouse-Matabiau station, 1905 File:Façade Art Nouveau, rue Gambetta.jpg|Art nouveau facade, Gambetta street (early 20th c.) File:Immeuble dit de La Dépêche du Midi, Toulouse.jpg|Art Deco facade, Alsace-Lorraine street ({{circa|1930}}) File:Toulouse - Conseil départemental 31.jpg|Seat of the departmental council (1999), by the architect Robert Venturi, winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1991 File:Université Toulouse Capitole juin 2020.jpg|Seat of the Toulouse School of Economics (2019), by Grafton Architects, winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2020 </gallery>
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