Modern Architecture


Modern Architecture, including Jugendstil (Art Noveau)



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Remains of the much-vaunted German "Westwall" which
could not stop the Allies' invasion and liberation
of France. Today the concrete fortifications disappear
in the dunes of fashionable beaches.
Dunes near Cap Ferret.
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Remains of the much-vaunted German "Westwall" which could not stop the Allies' i...

Detail of the Azotea, Palacio Guell (1886-1991),       
Carrer Nou de la Rambla, Barcelona.
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Detail of the Azotea, Palacio Guell (1886-1991), Carrer Nou de la Rambla,...

Upper part of the staircase leading to the Azotea.     
La Pedrera (Casa Mila), 1906-1910, Barcelona.
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Upper part of the staircase leading to the Azotea. La Pedrera (Casa Mila),...

Chimneys in the form of warriors, La Pedrera           
(Casa Mila), 1906-1910,Barcelona.
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Chimneys in the form of warriors, La Pedrera (Casa Mila), 1906-1910,B...

Spiral forms, covered with mosaics.La Pedrera,         
(Casa Mila), 1906-1910,Barcelona,Spain
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Spiral forms, covered with mosaics.La Pedrera, (Casa Mila), 1906-1910,B...

"Braunes Haus" in Munich, Bavaria.                     
The Munich Agreement was signed here in 1938,          
which sanctioned the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia.
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"Braunes Haus" in Munich, Bavaria. The Munich Agreement was...

View of Heidelberg and the bridge                      
over the Neckar River, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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View of Heidelberg and the bridge over the Neckar River, B...

Headquarters of Thyssen-Steel on the Rhine River
Duesseldorf, Germany.
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Headquarters of Thyssen-Steel on the Rhine River Duesseldorf, Germany.

The highrise of the newspaper "Anzeiger".              
built by Fritz Hoeger in 1928,                         
in Hannover, Lower Saxony.
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The highrise of the newspaper "Anzeiger". built by Fritz Hoeger in...

Boettcherstrasse in Bremen.                            
Entry to a street, built in  "Jugendstil " by          
order of the propietor of the firm Kaffee Hag.
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Boettcherstrasse in Bremen. Entry to a street, buil...

Detail of a carved banister in Villa Friedmann designed by Josef Maria Olbrich (1867-1980) in Hinterbruehl near Vienna, Austria.
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Detail of a carved banister in Villa Friedmann designed by Josef Maria Olbrich (...

Bridge for gas- and oil pipes across the Danube.
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Bridge for gas- and oil pipes across the Danube.