There was a building at the bottom of the dam at Grand Coulee that was part of the dam infrastructure.  Looking down on this building, it seemed so in keeping with a certain generation of architecture.  Concrete buildings were in vogue at that time and they were very functional and lacking in much in the way of aesthetics.  Given that this was part of the work generation program of the Great Depression, maybe the focus was on function rather than form.  I wonder what someone would do with such a requirement if they were commissioned to design such a building today.