Wolfgang Pehnt cited the Milwaukee County War Memorial in his essay “Was ist Brutalismus?” (“What is Brutalism?”) from 1960 as an example for the global spread of Brutalism. The building separates three functions in three spaces: A platform, housing a museum, an inner courtyard, acting as the memorial, and the cantilevered volumes for conference rooms. Drawing from Le Corbusier, these rooms are elevated on polygonal pilotis.