The Smithsons compare this North African housing project with its socio-political intentions in the Golden Lane competition. Banham remarks: “The thin stick-and-matchbox aesthetic in which this ethic of permissiveness was offered in Morocco hardly accords with the idea of Brutalism as an architecture of massive plasticity and coarse surfaces, but what the Smithsons meant by Brutalism at this time certainly included social ethics, to which they attached quite as much importance as to formal architectural aesthetics.”

The building is still in use, but has undergone considerable alterations. The façade has been largely bricked up to create more living space. However, the Carrières Centrales project has been noted in exhibitions like the Venice Biennale (2014) for its historical and architectural significance, and it is considered part of Morocco's modernist heritage. 

This building was included in the red list, published in our exhibition catalog SOS Brutalism: A Global Survey (September 2017). After a status review on September 23, 2024, it is still classified as red (endangered) in the online database.