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In 1959 architects Alison and Peter Smithson purchased part of the old Upper Lawn Farm and constructed the Upper Lawn Solar Pavilion Folly. Originally intended as a summer house, the…
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The Orinda House designed by architect Charles W. Moore for himself in 1962 is located in a valley behind San Francisco. In this project, Moore experimented with very simple means…
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Crawford Manor is a public housing community originally built as an elderly enclave in 1962. It was the first high-rise project for the elderly in New Haven and it is…
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In 1962, the Spanish architect Alejandro de la Sota completed the first steel-framed building in Madrid: the Maravillas Gymnasium. De la Sota was a promoter of the industrialization of construction….
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The Nordic Pavilion for the Venice Biennale (1958-1962), designed by Sverre Fehn to represent Sweden, Finland, and Norway, is a project that deals with Nordic identity. In his work, Fehn…
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