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Maison Tropicale
by Jean Prouvé
The Masion Tropicale really was a flat-pack house, and it was way ahead of its time - not for nothing has Prouvé been labelled "the godfather of high tech" (he was also on the judging panel for the Pompidou Centre). It was designed to be flown out to remote parts of Africa in cargo planes, to..
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Haustrift
by Johnny Winter, ...
Overlooking the vast green expanse of the Vienna Prater, with the Danube River literally right at the doorstep, the HAUSTRIFT row-house community (a project by architects Superblock in cooperation with Johnny Winter) is an indisputable eye-catcher. The concept captivates with an elegant..
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Miguel Fisac
born 1913, Daimiel, Ciudad Real
Miguel Fisac Serna was born 29 September 1913 in Daimiel in Spain. He moved to Madrid aged 17 to study architecture, but fled to France during the Civil War. He returned after the war, and graduated from ETSAM in 1942. His first work was completed that same year: the Holy Spirit Church, built..
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To the linear and chronological time ‘CHRONOS’ opposes ‘KAIROS’, an undefined and symbolic time which cannot be measured except by his quality. The building wants to put two apparently irreconcilable times in dialogue. Since the very ancient periods buildings aspire to the idea of the ‘eternal’..
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The Nicholson
by DesignInc Melbourne
The Nicholson is a housing project in Melbourne, Australia that was one of the first to integrate privately owned residences with social housing units. Comprised of 198 modular units, the building is situated on a disused tram depot. Completed in 2011, the project was designed by DesignInc..
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Housing estate of terraced houses Sokolović Colony
by Zoran Lazović, ...

Housing quarter Leskovac
by Zoran Lazović, ...

Konrad Wachsmann Haus
by Konrad Wachsmann

Atherton Gardens Estate
by Housing Commission of Victoria
Atherton Gardens estate in Fitzroy, Melbourne was built by the Housing Commission of Victoria between the mid 1960s and 1971. Following World War II the government embarked on a development program to raise living conditions throughout the city. Several housing estates were built across Melbourne..
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Moduli 255
by Kristian Gullichsen, ...
The project Moduli 225 initiated in 1968 by Kristian Gullichsen and Juhani Pallasmaa takes its name from the basic dimension of the geometric module that organizes the 225 cm. These houses are built of wood, steel and glass. The cubic module forms the edges of the structure and each of these..
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Varela House
by Alejandro de la Sota
The Varela house is a prototype of a small building, built by a system of prefabricated pre-stressed and washed concrete panels; The same technique was used at that moment in works of greater volume and of great complexity of execution, where the architect experimented with the constructive..
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Total Filling Station
by Jean Prouvé
In 1969 energy provider Total began implementing a mass-production policy for its gas stations: the big ones on France’s freeways and the smaller roadside units. To carry out this project, the company called in Jean Prouvé, who had already amply demonstrated his skills in the field of..
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F 8×8 BCC
by Jean Prouvé, ...
Pierre Jeanneret and Jean Prouvé’s F 8×8 BCC House fits in the series of projects initiated in 1939 and centered on the construction principle of using the axial portal frame that Prouvé created in 1938. A few examples of this small building, made entirely of wood, were completed between 1941 and..
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Lucio Muñoz House
by Fernando Higueras
Constructed with the existing stone and color prefabricated beams on the edge of the plot is completely integrated in the surroundings.
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Exhibition Centre Salvador da Bahia
by Joao Filgueiras Lima
The building is suspended entirely above the ground. It is embedded in two identical side towers, from which there are rods that collaborate in the stability of the building, which develops in symmetrical balance sheets with inverted volumes. In each tower there is a cylindrical void whose..
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Wohnregal
by Peter Stürzebecher, ...
The residential building at Admiralstrasse 16 is a new construction as part of the self built projects of the International Bauaustellung IBA Berlin 1987. Wohnregal or the "residential shelf" particularly stands out on Admiralstrasse due to its facade design in contrast to the surrounding..
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