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Jørn Utzon, Sydney Opera House, 1963 – The Tile and the Glass Facade
The attention to detail was a critical matter for the Sydney Opera House project. The…
Mies van der Rohe – Corner and mullion solutions
Mies have an image as an idealist who built with great perfection, disregarding both function…
Mies van der Rohe – Tugendhat house, Brno, 1928-30
Mies van der Rohe in June 1929 starts to oversee the construction of Tugendhat House,…
Italian Alpine Architecture – Contextualism and modernism in alpine landscape
The twentieth century witnessed an overall transformation of the Alps landscape due to the construction…
Italy after World War II – Part III
Modern Italian design, based on the abstraction of architectural shapes, the sophisticated manipulation of a…
Italy after World War II – Part II
During the post-war reconstruction there was a fruitful exchange between the diverse disciplinary fields of…
Italy after World War II – Part I
Italy after World War II_part 1 In the course of the 20th century, the reconstruction…
The use of precast concrete as structure and skin
The prefabrication process in the building sector, initially applied only to industrial constructions, has been…
