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Van Nellefabriek
The Van Nellefabriek factory was designed and built in the 1920s, on the banks of a canal in the industrial area of Spaanse Polder, northwest of Rotterdam. One of the landmarks of 20th century industrial architecture, the factory consists of a factory complex with a facade made mainly of steel and glass, making extensive use of curtain wall principles. It was conceived as an "ideal factory", open to the outside world, with internal work spaces that evolved according to needs and took advantage of daylight to provide comfortable working conditions. It embodied a new type of factory, becoming a symbol of modernist and functionalist culture in the interwar period, and a testament to the Netherlands' long commercial and industrial history in the import and processing of food from tropical countries and their industrial processing for sale in Europe.
Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining
The site consists of 23 components, mainly located in southwestern Japan. It bears witness to the country's rapid industrialization from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century through the development of the steel industry, shipbuilding, and coal mining. The site shows how feudal Japan sought to transfer technology from Europe and the United States from the mid-19th century onwards, and how these technologies were adapted to the country's needs and social traditions. The site bears witness to what is considered the first successful transfer of Western industrialization to a non-Western country.
The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
The estate includes eight buildings designed by Wright in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. These include the famous Fallingwater (Millen, Pennsylvania) and the Guggenheim Museum (New York). All buildings embody the "organic architecture" that Wright developed, including open floor plans, blurred boundaries between indoors and outdoors, and unprecedented use of materials such as steel and concrete. Each of these buildings provided innovative solutions to the needs of living, worshipping, working, or relaxing. Wright's work from this period had a strong influence on the development of modern architecture in Europe.