To what extent did Le Corbusiers Couvent Sainte Marie de La Tourette influence postwar architecture? Surely, its hard to say, as there have been countless reinterpretations and coy copiessome good, others not so much. An exhibition at Texas A&M Universitys Wright Gallery centers this canonical project, and others which followed its direction. Carbon Copy is a solo show with work by Leonid Furmansky, an Austin-based photographer. At Wright Gallery, black and white photography is installed adjacent to scale models built by Texas A&M architecture students under the tutelage of James Michael Tate, a Texas A&M architecture professor, who is a co-curator.The exhibition builds upon years of photographer Leonid Furmanskys work, an artist who has long been interested in Brutalism. (Leonid Furmansky)Three models were created for Carbon Copy: One of Le Corbusiers La Tourette, completed in 1961; another of Michael McKinnell and Gerhard Kallmanns Boston City Hall from 1968; and also the Langford Architecture Complex (Building A) by HKS, finished in the early 1970s in College Station. The last is home to Texas A&Ms architecture school.Architecture students, under the direction of professor James Michael Tate, made scale models of buildings inspired by La Tourette. (Leonid Furmansky)The exhibition builds upon years of Furmanskys work, an artist whos long been interested in Brutalism.Furmanskys search stemmed from an essay by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steve Izenour in Learning from Las VegasFrom La Tourette to Neiman Marcusthat was referred to him by Tate and AN executive editor Jack Murphy.An excerpt of an important essay by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steve Izenour was placed on view. (Leonid Furmansky)Furmansky eventually hopped on an airplane and went to La Tourette to see the place for himself, and his travels took him to Boston, New Haven, and elsewhere. He photographed the distinct French locale, but also Paul Rudolphs Yale Architecture School building, and some Brutalist buildings in Houston, culminating in the exhibition staged at Wright Gallery. At the time of its completion, La Tourette stood as a turning away from modernist tendencies of the previous decades, Tate said in a statement. For Tate, Carbon Copy situates Langford among a set of other brutalist buildings. As a late example of brutalist architecture, Langfords design, intentionally or not, referencesdutifully copies and creatively reinterpretscharacteristics of other brutalist buildings, the architecture professor said.Tate added that it is unknown if the HKS project directly references La Tourette. Langford A is perhaps as much an early postmodern building, clad in brutalist clothes.Furmansky also photographed Boston City Hall and other Brutalist buildings in New Haven, Houston, and elsewhere. (Leonid Furmansky)(Leonid Furmansky)On Monday January 13, at Wright Gallery, Furmansky will discuss the exhibition, together with Tate, Jack Murphy, and Michael Abrahamson, a scholar whose work also explores La Tourette, postmodernism, and other related trajectories. A reception will follow the discussion.Murphy and Furmansky previously collaborated on Beautiful City, Empty Cityan exhibition about oil towers mounted at Architecture Center Houston, home of AIA Houston, among other joint works.Carbon Copy is supported by the Academy for the Visual & Performing Arts. It will stay open through January 16.