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Discussion: Plastics in Architecture
As early as the 19th century, inventors had sought alternatives to expensive natural materials that sometimes exhibited inadequate qualities. Later, m...
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Discussion: Why Plastic?
Although one is familiar with plastics from a wide range of everyday objects, and although there are many examples of their successful use in building...
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Report: Ski Jump on Bergisel Mountain in Innsbruck
The old ski jump, erected for the 1976 winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck, no longer met international safety requirements. The municipal authorities, ...
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La Ballule
This inflatable, double-skin, plastic sphere was conceived in the first instance as an object for play. It is made of transparent polyuretha...
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Entrance to Architects´Office in Vienna
The entrance to the office is reached via a broad, dark passageway, which also serves as an access route to the rear courtyard of this loft building. ...
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Information Centre in Kochel am See
Erected in 1924 as one of the first storage power stations in Bavaria, the plant exploits the 200-metre difference in height between the two lakes, Wa...
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