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Modern Architecture


Modern Architecture, including Jugendstil (Art Noveau)



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So-called "Majolicahouse",Vienna.The facade consists of a tree with blossoms of Italian majolica tiles. 1898-1899.
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So-called "Majolicahouse",Vienna.The facade consists of a tree with blossoms...

"Loos-Haus",built by Adolf Loos for the company of Goldmann & Salatsch,gentlemen's outfitters,was Vienna's first uncompromisingly modern building.It caused a scandal as the "house without eyebrows". 1910-1912. The elegant staircase to the upper floors.
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"Loos-Haus",built by Adolf Loos for the company of Goldmann & Salatsch,gent...

"Loos-Haus",built by Adolf Loos for the company of Goldmann & Salatsch,gentlemen's outfitters,was Vienna's first uncompromisingly modern building.It caused a scandal as the "house without eyebrows". 1910-1912. The elegant staircase to the upper floors.
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"Loos-Haus",built by Adolf Loos for the company of Goldmann & Salatsch,gent...

"Loos-Haus",built by Adolf Loos for the company of Goldmann & Salatsch,gentlemen's outfitters,was Vienna's first uncompromisingly modern building.It caused a scandal as the "house without eyebrows". 1910-1912. The elegant staircase to the upper floors.
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"Loos-Haus",built by Adolf Loos for the company of Goldmann & Salatsch,gent...

"Reumannhof"named after the first socialist lord mayor of Vienna,Josef Reumann.During the 1920ies the socialist city government of "Red Vienna" built low- rent workers' housing,financed by a building tax on luxury apartments and houses.
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"Reumannhof"named after the first socialist lord mayor of Vienna,Josef Reumann....

House for industrialist Johann Evangelist Zacherl, Wildpretmarkt 2-4,Vienna, 1903-1905. On the facade a monumental angel with flaming sword standing over a lion's head.Copper,by Ferdinand Andri (1871-1956).
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House for industrialist Johann Evangelist Zacherl, Wildpretmarkt 2-4,Vienna...

Paris metro (underground): Porte Dauphine Station, one of the last existing examples of the Art Nouveau stations designed by Hector Guimard around 1900.
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Paris metro (underground): Porte Dauphine Station, one of the last existing...

Charnel house of Douaumont. In February 1916, the Germans took the 19th century Fort of Douaumont; it was recaptured by the French in October. In 1932 the Charnel house was built in memory of the fierce fighting. It contains the remains of 400.000 soldiers.
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Charnel house of Douaumont. In February 1916, the Germans took the 19th century...

Government House in Dakar, Senegal, today the Palace of the President of the Republic. French Colonial architecture of the 20th century.
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Government House in Dakar, Senegal, today the Palace of the President...

The German "Atlantic Wall"was a chain of fortifications that reached from the North Sea to the Channel and the Atlantic near Bordeaux. Today the ancient bunkers disappear in the dunes of the bathing resorts.
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The German "Atlantic Wall"was a chain of fortifications that reached from the No...

The "Centre Pompidou," in rue Beaubourg, Paris, is a Center for Culture and the Fine Arts constructed under the Presidency of Georges Pompidou. More than a museum, it houses a library, videothek, music library and spaces for changing exhibits. Opened 1977.
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The "Centre Pompidou," in rue Beaubourg, Paris, is a Center for Culture and...

The Pyramid in the Cour Napoleon of the Louvre was built as a reception center for visitors to the Louvre Museum. Height 21.6 m, made of 675 glass panes.
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The Pyramid in the Cour Napoleon of the Louvre was built as a reception cen...