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Ugalde House

Jose Antonio CoderchTorrenove, 16.Caldes de Barcelona Estrac, Spain. 1953

This small vacation home is one of the landmarks of twentieth century Catalan architecture. Designed by the young Coderch few years after the end of World War 2, is a brilliant exercise in integration of a small piece of architecture in [More information]

Pavilion of the Spanish Republic

Josep Lluis Sert and Luis Lacasa International Exhibition of Paris. France, 1937

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This Pavilion for the International Exhibition of Paris of 1937 was a unique building that represented the government of the Spanish Republic in the sample under conditions very difficult political and economic. Given that Spain [More information]

City of Säynätsalo

Alvar Aalto Säynätsalo, Jiváskylä. Finland, 1952The City of a small Finnish population is in the Isle of Saynatsalo, which has about three thousand inhabitants and then lived in a modest industry. Aalto would face in 1949 City Council to contest that was organized by the municipality, It was constructed in one step [More information]

Botanical Garden of Barcelona

Carles Ferrater, Beth Figueras and Dr. Joseph Canosa Street Font i Quer. Montjuic Park. Barcelona, Spain. 1999 Access to the exhibition space of the Botanical Garden

This is a landscaped area of 14 hectares which is situated on one of the slopes of the mountain of Montjuic in Barcelona, one [More information]

Danmarks Nationalbank

Arne Jacobsen Copenhagen Denmark 1972-78

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Firth of Forth Bridge

Vista desde uno de los extremos del puente

John Fowler y Benjamin Baker Edimburgo, Scotland. Britain. 1890

Seen from one end of the bridge

The Firth of Forth Bridge is one of the greatest engineering feats performed during the nineteenth century. Represents the first major steel bridge that would in [More information]