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Fifty Years of Detail: Fifty Years of the Aesthetics of Construction
At first glance, the world still seemed to be in order in 1961, the year in which DETAIL was founded. The all-prevailing International Style continued...
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A Second Look: The Olympic Ensemble in Munich – Consummate Work of Architecture or Ongoing Development?
From the very beginning, the Olympic complex in Munich was acclaimed. In his history of architecture in the 19th and 20th centuries, Leonardo Benevolo...
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Discussion: A Return to Social Concerns – New Perspectives in Modern Architecture
The Prada Flagship Store in SoHo (2001), designed by Rem Koolhaas, represents a high-water mark in the collaboration between star-architects and fashi...
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Museum and Community Centre in a Township of Johannesburg
Despite its simple, robust construction, the Alexandra Heritage Centre is a complex development. It shows how architecture can help support social pro...
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Eco-Friendly House in Deitingen
"It was the wish of the client, a gardener by profession who has long been concerned with themes like autarky, ecology and health, to build an environ...
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Housing Development in Lauterach
This residential development in Lauterach near Bregenz, a public housing scheme for which only a modest budget was foreseen, exploits the properties o...
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