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Stoclet House
In 1905, banker and art collector Adolf Stockleter commissioned Josef Hoffmann, one of the leading architects of the Vienna Secession movement, to design the house, who imposed neither aesthetic nor financial constraints on the project. Completed in 1911, the house and gardens, with their austere geometric forms, marked a turning point in Art Nouveau and foreshadowed the Art Deco and Modern architectural movements. One of the most successful and homogeneous buildings of the Vienna Secession, the Stocleter House featured works by Koloman Moser and Gustav Klimt, and embodied the desire to create a "total work of art" (Gesamtkunstwerk). A testimony to the renaissance of European architectural art, the house retains most of its original fixtures and furnishings, and maintains a high degree of integrity both externally and internally.
Tugendhat Villa in Brno
Villa Tugendhat in Brno, designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is an outstanding example of the International Style of the modern architectural movement that emerged in Europe in the 1920s. Its unique value lies in the use of innovative spatial and aesthetic concepts, which aimed to meet new lifestyle needs by taking advantage of the opportunities provided by modern industrial production.
Tripoli Rashid Karami International Fair
The Rachid Karameh International Exposition in Tripoli is located in northern Lebanon. It was designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer in 1962 and covers an area of 70 hectares between the historic center of Tripoli and the port of Mina. The main building of the exposition consists of a huge covered hall in the shape of a boomerang, 750 meters by 70 meters, providing a flexible exhibition space for various countries. The exposition was the flagship project of Lebanon's modernization policy in the 1960s. The close cooperation between the architect Oscar Niemeyer and Lebanese engineers on the project set an excellent example of exchange between different continents. In terms of the scale and richness of the formal expression, it is one of the main representative works of modern architecture in the Arab Near East in the 20th century.
Fagus Factory in Alfeld
The Fagus factory in Alfeld is a complex of 10 buildings, which was built around 1910 to a design by Walter Gropius and is a milestone in the development of modern architecture and industrial design. Located in Alfeld an der Leine in Lower Saxony, the complex serves all stages of last manufacturing, storage and dispatch for the shoe industry and is still in operation today. With its groundbreaking large glass panels and functionalist aesthetic, the complex foreshadowed the work of the Bauhaus school and is a milestone in the development of architecture in Europe and North America.
The work of engineer Eladio Dieste: Church of Atlántida
The Church of Atlántida with its bell tower and underground baptistery is located at the Atlántida railway station, 45 km from Montevideo. Inaugurated in 1960, this modern church complex is inspired by ancient Christian and medieval religious architecture in Italy and represents an innovative use of exposed and reinforced brick. Built on a rectangular plan with a single hall, the church has distinctive wavy walls supporting an equally wavy roof composed of a series of reinforced brick Gaussian vaults designed by Eladio Dieste (1917-2000). The cylindrical bell tower, built with openwork exposed brick, rises from the ground and is located on the right side of the main facade of the church, while the underground baptistery is located on the left side of the forecourt, accessible from a triangular prism-shaped entrance and illuminated by a central oculus. The church is an outstanding example of the excellence of modern architecture in Latin America in terms of form and space achieved in the second half of the 20th century, reflecting the quest for social equality, saving resources, satisfying structural requirements and having an excellent aesthetic effect.
Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas
Designed by architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva and built between 1940 and 1960, the Ciudad Universitat de Caracas is an outstanding example of the modern architectural movement. The university campus integrates a number of buildings and functions into a coherent whole, including masterpieces of modern architecture and visual art, such as Alexander Calder's "Cloud" auditorium, the Olympic Stadium and the Covered Plaza.
Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)
The Rietveld-Schröder House in Utrecht was commissioned by Mrs. Truus Schröder-Schräder and designed by architect Gerrit Thomas Rietveld and completed in 1924. With its interior decoration, flexible spatial layout and visual and formal qualities, this small family house became a manifesto of the ideals of Dutch De Stijl artists and architects in the 1920s and has since been regarded as one of the icons of the modern architectural movement.