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Two pages from the book 10 Stories of Collective Housing , by a+t research group
“The purpose of the groove in the Corso Italia mixed-use block of dwellings and offices, which splits the volume in two, is to..."
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The documentary investigates how Twentieth century’s modernist principles shaped the everyday life...
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Two pages from the book 10 Stories of Collective Housing , by a+t research group
“Clinker brick, which had been used by the Arts & Crafts movement, one of the styles most censured by Modernism, was chosen by Ignazio Gardella as the material to clad the walls of Borsalino housing..."
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Two pages from the book 10 Stories of Collective Housing , by a+t research group
"The main novelty in Spangen Justus van Effen housing complex is the elevated street which was to be mechanically repeated in social housing, both by the pioneers of Functionalism and later by those fighting Modern Radicalism…”
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Two pages from the book 10 Stories of Collective Housing , by a+t research group
Fernand Pouillon wanted to build at a low cost, to house the middle classes, to bring dignity...
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Two pages from the book 10 Stories of Collective Housing , by a+t research group
Luigi Moretti used the reverse side of the past to provide a trailer for the future, ignoring, and being ignored by, the present...
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For the first time ever, a+t research group has conducted an analysis of ten inspiring masterpieces through drawings and texts highlighting the most important contributions made by each of the architects towards developing desirable housing...
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Two pages from the book 10 Stories of Collective Housing, by a+t research group
Social balance is achieved through revolution or through architecture said Le Corbusier...
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Two pages from the book 10 Stories of Collective Housing, by a+t research group
In a period of manifestos and unbreakable loyalties Ignazio Gardella, the dissident architect, opted for beauty...
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Two pages from the book 10 Stories of Collective Housing, by a+t research group
Can a street still be a street when it is elevated and separated off from other streets? Michiel Brinkman believed so...
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